I’m here… Now what? (MT Week 3/17)

James Bond would have been proud.  I arrived at the Marseilles airport, got a parking ticket from the El-Al desk, found a car with a specific license plate, took the key from under the front wheel, drove to a house somewhere in Provence and voila! I’m home.  James doesn’t need to know that I didn’t understand how to put the car in reverse or that It took me 40 minutes to find the El-Al desk or that after each thing I did or place I arrived, the only thought in my head was ‘Alright… I’m here… Now what??’ .  All that matters is that I successfully swapped houses with another family and that my Orbea is safely by my side. Read more »

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Maccabiah Chai (MT Week 2/17)

Me and Benjamin Netanyahu

No, it’s not a Jewish version of Indian tea… The Maccabiah Chai Games began this week with a spectacular ceremony at the stadium in Ramat Gan.  I wasn’t there as an athlete but rather as a VIP right in front of the bullet proof glass that separated me from the big wigs.

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