Two years ago today, I arrived in Israel. Not on a 10 day trip, not on a 9 months gap year, not to volunteer for a couple of months, but to live here, as an Israeli. There were some things I was nervous about (my Hebrew), some things I would miss (Sunday mornings with my family) and some things I wouldn't (cold, wintry weather). This week has been wintry by Israeli standards. Lots of rain and wind. Last night, though, it started to snow. This light dusting, though rare, was still within the realm of winter weather in Israel. This morning, though, felt like waking up in Chicago. Everything was white. I never thought I would have to wake up to something like that again, but it was amazing to see. I didn't dread the weather because I didn't have to go outside in it and freeze--everything was cancelled today. It didn't get black and ugly, either, because nobody drives here when it snows. It was peaceful and beautiful, and oddly ironic that I was in a winter wonderland in Israel.
I should probably write a reflective blog post for my aliyah-versary: make comparisons to last year's
post, and see where my life has take me. I will, but not today because today is a lazy snow day...and a real one, mind you; not just a light dusting that scared everyone silly. (Yesterday, though, class was preemptively canceled from 4pm despite the fact that no snow had started to fall--
so Israeli, so silly.)
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| Snow on the roof of the lab |
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| Holy cow; it's actually snowing. |
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| Wow. It's good snow! |
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| Let's go outside and play... |
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| Snow!! |
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| Well, good morning! |
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| Still snowing!! |
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