Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Attention all foodies
We had some extra time before going to the dinner tonite so thought we would take you on a visual culinary excursion. Here is just a "taste" of what we have been tasting! Yummm!
Tuesday in Jerusalem
You have probably all noted that the blog posts are less frequent...the pix are fewer. As my Mom would say: we are "running out of steam". OK.....we were really "working" yesterday and today....and not "goofing off"..so I guess we are somewhat entitled. But, finally, it is our last full day here in Israel. While we are both very homesick and ready to be on our way...the past 2 days teaching, perhaps, have been the best of our trip. The techs and docs both have been so appreciative. We both have been moved to tears numerous times today (could be that we are over-tired from too many days of shopping?? ;o))) by their warm remarks, heartfelt and sincere thanks, and invitations and encouragement to return here soon. Hard to even think about at this point...but this is definately one country I would eagerly come back to again. Tonight we have a faculty dinner which should be fun...Italian food in Jerusalem...go figure. Neither of us has had our fill of the "local" food...which was so much better than we ever imagined. Really amazing, flavorful, fresh and healthy. We have a whole slide show devoted to food....which all you foodies (and you know who you are!!) can salivate over when we put them into Picasa and send them on.
In the meantime will finish up our lectures tomorrow morning, spend the rest of the day at yet another outdoor market that we somehow managed to miss...and pick up whatever else we can cram into our suitcases before heading to Tel Aviv at 7:30 tomorrow night. More pix later today.
In the meantime will finish up our lectures tomorrow morning, spend the rest of the day at yet another outdoor market that we somehow managed to miss...and pick up whatever else we can cram into our suitcases before heading to Tel Aviv at 7:30 tomorrow night. More pix later today.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Conference Day
Here we are with one group of "students" outside the Mobile Mammography Van provided by the Israeli Cancer Society. We did 6 positioning workshops and 3 lectures... all went well and were well received....although the van was a bit cramped...but thank goodness had A/C. (It is still 100 degrees here!!) They are already asking when we will come back. It was a really good day....the girls were just great, very enthusiastic, grateful and a real pleasure to work with. It was a long day but very gratifying! Time for a swim!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sunday
Hi all,
Today we decided to do nothing...or almost nothing. Terry hung out by the pool...I hung out in the pool. Still hot but a nice breeze blowing on this side of the city. Later this afternoon we went to one of the promenades/shopping areas here in the "New" City which was anticlimatic after the excitement and energy of the "Old" City. We are less than a mile from the Old City but it is worlds apart...so modern and "civilized" on this "side". We then walked to the famous King David Hotel for a drink on their patio...which overlooks the Old City. Many, many famous people have stayed there and their signatures/autographs are written on the floor tiles.....i.e. Nelson Mandella, Winston Churchill, Anwar Sadat, King Hussein, Al Gore, Condoleeza Rice, and lots of celebreties i.e. Elizabeth Taylor. I was surprised they didn't ask us to write on the floor too!! ha ha.
Being the thrifty girls we are (aka, cheapskates) we went to a big grocery store and bought some more food. The food at the hotel is just TOO expensive....$5.00 for a Diet Coke...$20 for a sandwich. We have a frig in our room so can keep all our goodies. We found some amazing breads, cheeses, grilled veggies and a wonderful Persian mellon we are going to have for dinner on our patio tonite. Then it is off to bed early as we tomorrow it is "show-time". We are both feeling a bit homesick today but know we are on the "down-hill" slide...AND both of us are very much looking forward to our teaching opportunity here as being the highlight of our trip.
Today we decided to do nothing...or almost nothing. Terry hung out by the pool...I hung out in the pool. Still hot but a nice breeze blowing on this side of the city. Later this afternoon we went to one of the promenades/shopping areas here in the "New" City which was anticlimatic after the excitement and energy of the "Old" City. We are less than a mile from the Old City but it is worlds apart...so modern and "civilized" on this "side". We then walked to the famous King David Hotel for a drink on their patio...which overlooks the Old City. Many, many famous people have stayed there and their signatures/autographs are written on the floor tiles.....i.e. Nelson Mandella, Winston Churchill, Anwar Sadat, King Hussein, Al Gore, Condoleeza Rice, and lots of celebreties i.e. Elizabeth Taylor. I was surprised they didn't ask us to write on the floor too!! ha ha.
Being the thrifty girls we are (aka, cheapskates) we went to a big grocery store and bought some more food. The food at the hotel is just TOO expensive....$5.00 for a Diet Coke...$20 for a sandwich. We have a frig in our room so can keep all our goodies. We found some amazing breads, cheeses, grilled veggies and a wonderful Persian mellon we are going to have for dinner on our patio tonite. Then it is off to bed early as we tomorrow it is "show-time". We are both feeling a bit homesick today but know we are on the "down-hill" slide...AND both of us are very much looking forward to our teaching opportunity here as being the highlight of our trip.
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