For 14 years we lived in the Russian Arctic, and it was not a surprise that there we were not getting many friends or relatives to visit us.Now, that we are in Florida, one would think that now we should always have a full house, but it is not really the case.But right now, we have a pleasant exc...

11/28/2018

Sprechen sie English?

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We came to Tel-Aviv's Ben Gurion airport late. We were impatient to meet our Vorkuta, a cold arctic city, friend. He offered to come and meet us at the airport, but we rented a car with a GPS, so I told him I was coming.Boy, was I naïve…GPS was in silent mode. Well, I did not really care. We have...

11/19/2018

Small Country Outside, A Huge Country Inside...

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For years and years, we were planning to go to Israel, and then delaying it. And finally, we went. Lot of people were telling me that I would love Israel, actually only one guy, one of my neighbors, told me that he did not like Israel, and did not recommend us to go there.Of the extended family, ...

11/19/2018