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- Gail Estrin
- Nov 12, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 12, 2025
Well ... we are mostly all packed up & ready to go. Can't we leave tommorrow?
We are so excited for our big trip! We will be arriving in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wed. Nov. 19 ... chat soon ... Gail & Bernie
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Friday, Nov. 28
Bernie and I took the train to the market and explored before Shabbat and to meet our Canadian friends Sharon & Ed Fitch. We picked up fresh challah and wine for Tamara. The Fitchs took us for a stroll through the back part of the market and to their favourite restaurant Azura. We enjoyed a marvellous Israeli lunch and went to the Fitchs apartment for tea and pastries. We caught up with all the news about our families, friends and communities.
We arrived home in time for a nap and then woke up to light the Shabbat candles. We were invited to Michal’s mother’s house for a family Shabbat dinner. There is an eruv so we could…
Thursday, Nov 27 … late morning …
We boarded the mini bus at 9:45 for our drive back to the Tel Aviv train station. We were very lucky to take the train to Jerusalem with our new friends Fay and Neil who knew how to get around the massive newly renovated station.
The ride to Jerusalem was only 45 minutes on the new high speed rail. It seemed like minutes and we were at our destination. I have to say that I really missed the old train route of one hour and a half hours as it meandered through the valley. But this new one is impressive.
We said goodbye to our friends and found a cab to take us…
Day 2 Monday Nov 24 in the Army
We woke up at 6:30 am had breakfast at 7:45 am and then flag raising and a full day of work. Our clubhouse activity today was a history of the scouts in Israel. It was very interesting. The structure is completely different in Canada.
Day 3 tuesday nov25 in the Army
We woke up at 6:30 am had breakfast at 7:45 am and then flag raising and a full day of work. It was raining all nite and a little this morning on the way to breakfast. Had another full day of work. Our clubhouse activity today was making oragami paper hearts in which we wrote a letter to the soldiers. I…
Day 1: Sun. Nov. 23 We’re in the Army now!
Up early at 5:30 am and Jerry drove us to the Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport to meet our Sarel group at 9:00 am
Our group name is Davidi. We are going to a commutations base near Haifa up north. The name of the base is ShipShon
. The bus ride took us through TelAviv and the very picturesque countryside to Haifa. We then took a highway high in the mountains towards Tiberius.
We arrived at the base and got settled into our rooms. I am sharing a room with Elisabeth from Austria. Our room has one bunk bed and three army beds with three extra thick mattresses. We also…