Leaving Tel Aviv

Don’t get me wrong, Tel Aviv is a nice city, but I didn’t have any plans to stay here for two weeks. My laptop battery finally came in and everything is now fine in computerland. I’ve been here so long I ended being in Tel Aviv during Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day. Unlike memorial day in the US all the businesses closed down in Tel Aviv all the businesses shut down the evening the day started (in the Jewish calendar days start at sundown). Like they did last week for Holocaust Remberance Day, at 8pm there is a siren that sounds and everything stops for two minutes. Cars in the street stop and people get out and stand during the duration of the siren. There is also another siren which goes off at 11am today.

Memorial Day is the day before Yom Ha’atzmaut, or independence day. Between Passover, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day, I’ve been in Israel during a ton of the major holidays in the country.

Because I’ve been here so long I’m going to skip my trip to Malta. I’m not too worried because I plan on coming back to the Mediterranean in the future. My last things in Israel will be a short trip up to Haifa and Acre where I’ll get to take photos of some crusader ruins and the Baha’i Terraces. (both of which are World Heritage Sites).