Life here is flying by and again I have to keep reminding myself what time of year it is. There's no Christmas carols on the radio and no windy Pittsburgh (or Philadelphia) days. November in Israel is still sunny, still hot, still beautiful and definitely without the radio reminders.
I've been here for almost 3 months now and I'm shocked at how at home I feel. My hebrew is ENORMOUSLY better and there's no longer any anxiety about taking a cab, wrong bus, or train.
I spent this past weekend in Karmiel where I'll be living for part 2 starting in January. Although I've been to most parts of Israel I had never been to Karmiel before and I was pleasantly surprised. Karmiel is in North-Central Israel less than an hour East of Haifa.
We (Michael, Jeff and I) spent Shabbat at Jeff's host family's house: the Kovesh's. The Kovesh Family is amazing to say the least. They have 4 children, Arbel, Klil, Carmel and Ortal and a beautiful home in Yuvalim (a Moshav in Misgav, the area next to the city of Karmiel, also part of the partnership with Pittsburgh). We spent the weekend relaxing with the family and went to a beautiful Kabbalat Shabbat full of music that was the closest thing to services at home that I have yet to see in Israel. I played guitar with the 14 year old son Ortal (who is the same age and a doppelganger of my twin brothers Danny and Jonathan) and we went out with Klil and her friends who were all home from the army and their jobs for the weekend.
Karmiel's views are spectacular and breathtaking and the air is extremely pure. We spent Sunday on a tour of Karmiel with the women from the Jewish Agency to look at all of the volunteer opportunities available to us come January. I'm so excited to be living there in January!
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