Holy Moley! or Should I Say Holy Land?

I'm here! Jiminy Christmas, I can hardly believe it. So brief, boring update of my rather horrendous TWO days of travel: on Friday morning I left Salt Lake airport at about 12 and arrived in Chicago at 5. Then I caught a connecting flight to Warsaw, where I arrived at 2pm on Saturday. I had a 10 hour layover, so I went into the city (got jipped by a taxi on the way in, then paid PIDDLING to get back. Seriously. Like 50 cents. That's public transportation for you--a beautiful thing). I had been warned that Warsaw was less than pristine, and, while it lived up to that expectation, surpassed most other cities I've been to in many categories. I found the Polish people very impressive. Families walked hand in hand, and not merely a few--children and their parents were everywhere, and I had the impression that this was not an extraordinary occurrence in the least. Strollers were as plentiful as street vendors. It was just a very pleasant place, with a pleasant, respectful, strong people. In one of Warsaw's squares, an outdoor art exhibit sponsored by Unicef was going on. It was titled "United Buddy Bears" and featured art in the likeness of a bear from every of the member countries in the UN. It was pretty rad. There was also a great historic wall around the city, which I walked on top of and around. Very cool. I only have a few moments left, so this will be a bit hurried! Afterwards, I took the bus (yay!) back to the airport and took off for Tel Aviv at 10 pm. I arrived at 4 this morning, waited for a shuttle to fill up, left Tel Aviv at around 7 or 8, and have been busy here at Hebrew U ever since. Holy Moley! Or rather, Holy Land!


United Buddy Bears, Warsaw Old Square


Warsaw, you can see the old wall on the center left

More United Buddy Bears

The view from my bedroom window in Hebrew U's Student Village