http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:26:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-6244 Ashley Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:11:43 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-6244 Hey Melissa, Maybe we did. I was there from Sept '90 til around Feb '91. Remember Mark the barman/receptionist? Hey Melissa,
Maybe we did. I was there from Sept ’90 til around Feb ’91. Remember Mark the barman/receptionist?

]]> http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-6234 Melissa Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:19:49 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-6234 Good to know there are others (like me) still in Israel who remember good times at The Purple House in TA! I was a regular there from 1990-1991. Perhaps we met at some point. Good to know there are others (like me) still in Israel who remember good times at The Purple House in TA! I was a regular there from 1990-1991. Perhaps we met at some point.

]]> http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-817 How I ended up in Israel. And stayed... Part 8 | igoogledisrael.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:38:38 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-817 [...] case you missed them; Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and [...] [...] case you missed them; Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and [...]

]]> http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-364 Charmie Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:38:45 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-364 I love Israel. Had I been younger on my first visit, I am sure I would have never left either. It's hard to go home when I feel like I am at home in Israel. It's very confusing. I love the US but my heart and soul are in Israel. I love your stories and feel the passion in what you are expressing. I love Israel. Had I been younger on my first visit, I am sure I would have never left either. It’s hard to go home when I feel like I am at home in Israel. It’s very confusing. I love the US but my heart and soul are in Israel. I love your stories and feel the passion in what you are expressing.

]]> http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-144 LEOMA Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:35:48 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-144 Useful website. will come back Useful website. will come back

]]> http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-140 LnddMiles Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:33:12 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-140 Pretty cool post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really liked reading your blog posts. Anyway I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon! Pretty cool post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say
that I have really liked reading your blog posts. Anyway
I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon!

]]> http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-53 mad scientist Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:14:42 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-53 I'll never forget my golf war experience. I was 17 at the time, and my father, that was a platoon commander in the "hagana" (the underground during the british mandate)and participated in the war of independence (fighting with old Czech rifles and molotov cocktail against tanks) wasn't really impressed with Sadam. He decided one evening to go a 2 streets from our house at the time to my mother's kindergarten to do some painting and maintenance (since there was no school). So I started painting chairs and put the radio to hear some music, and after some time I hear the code name "viper" repeated 3 times and suddenly all hell broke loose. sirens howling in stereo from the radio and all around. I managed to convince my father that we'd better head home asap since my mother was there alone, and we also had our masks there. When we've reached the staircase of our apartment I heard a horrifying whistle and then the loudest bang ever. The iron case of the roof hatch was wrapped open from the blast. obviously a scud fell nearby. we climbed the 3 floors like crazy, and stormed into the sealed room. Later we've found that the scud fell in the street we where, a 200 m away from my mother's kindergarten, flatening 4 two-story apartment buildings. The kindergarten suffer some damage. a wall collapsed, some of the furniture broke etc. If we've stayed there we were probably suffering some injury(at best). I’ll never forget my golf war experience.
I was 17 at the time, and my father, that was a platoon commander in the “hagana” (the underground during the british mandate)and participated in the war of independence (fighting with old Czech rifles and molotov cocktail against tanks) wasn’t really impressed with Sadam. He decided one evening to go a 2 streets from our house at the time to my mother’s kindergarten to do some painting and maintenance (since there was no school). So I started painting chairs and put the radio to hear some music, and after some time I hear the code name “viper” repeated 3 times and suddenly all hell broke loose. sirens howling in stereo from the radio and all around. I managed to convince my father that we’d better head home asap since my mother was there alone, and we also had our masks there. When we’ve reached the staircase of our apartment I heard a horrifying whistle and then the loudest bang ever. The iron case of the roof hatch was wrapped open from the blast. obviously a scud fell nearby. we climbed the 3 floors like crazy, and stormed into the sealed room.
Later we’ve found that the scud fell in the street we where, a 200 m away from my mother’s kindergarten, flatening 4 two-story apartment buildings. The kindergarten suffer some damage. a wall collapsed, some of the furniture broke etc. If we’ve stayed there we were probably suffering some injury(at best).

]]> http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-52 How I ended up in Israel. And stayed… Part 5 | igoogledisrael.com | Israel Today Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:35:09 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-52 [...] more: How I ended up in Israel. And stayed… Part 5 | igoogledisrael.com Tags: a-couple-more, and-long, dark-nights, golan, mate, milking-calves, watching-lots [...] [...] more: How I ended up in Israel. And stayed… Part 5 | igoogledisrael.com Tags: a-couple-more, and-long, dark-nights, golan, mate, milking-calves, watching-lots [...]

]]> http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/2009/06/how-i-ended-up-in-the-holy-land-and-stayed-part-5/#comment-51 How I ended up in Israel. And stayed… Part 5 | igoogledisrael.com | Israel Today Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:34:36 +0000 http://igoogledisrael.com/blog/?p=337#comment-51 [...] rest is here: How I ended up in Israel. And stayed… Part 5 | igoogledisrael.com Tags: a-couple-more, and-long, soon-did [...] [...] rest is here: How I ended up in Israel. And stayed… Part 5 | igoogledisrael.com Tags: a-couple-more, and-long, soon-did [...]

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