-The Jerusalem Half Marathon was really cool. The route was a mix between dirt paths, the streets, and up the sides of mountains. Incredibly scenic. There was a really long uphill which almost knocked me out between miles 5-8, but after that it was pretty much smooth sailing to the finish. I guess I'm in better shape than I thought. This made me want to run Chicago again, and they sent me an email with the following header about 3 hours ago which really got me thinking:
Registrati
I considered it, then forgot about it, then got another email 3 hours later:
Registrati
AGH!!! It filled up a full MONTH before it reached capacity last year, which was a record time already. Ridiculous. Since when do Americans care about exercise?
-Jerusalem basketball game: Final score was something like 104-52. Yeah, they doubled the other team's score. The 100th point was an alley-oop dunk and I won a long-running debate when it turned out there WAS room on the high-school style scoreboard for the extra "1". Here's a picture of me waving the flag:
-Mosh Ben-Ari blends rock and reggae into a distinctly Israeli style of music. It's really soothing. Check him out: Cool song
As is the case with anything in Israel, we got within 15 feet of him. Everyone started dancing near the stage at the end. Dude has crazy dreds.
Drum-roll please...
SOMETHING INTERESTING
After the Jerusalem vs. Tel Aviv quarterfinal soccer game tomorrow night, and after my Yam al Yam trip from Thursday to Sunday (Sea-to-sea hike from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee) I'm going to Greece for 8 days. I get there on the first night of Passover. Sucks to not be in Israel for Passover, right? WRONG.
That's right. Guess where Santorini is? Greece. I'M WHERE THE PLAGUES ACTUALLY STARTED. CRAZY.
not gonna have regular access to a computer for 2+ weeks, but I'll fill you in afterwards because I'm such a nice guy. I got a new camera too, so there will be pictures (don't worry Mom!)
Hag Sameach,
Daniel
Daniel-have fun in Greece! I thought the plagues were in Egypt? Please explain how you know it was in Santorini? I take it you are going to the Greek Isles? Will you have a seder in Greece? Happy Passover! Aunt Nance
ReplyDeletethe volcanic explosion in santorini is thought to have blasted ash all the way into the nile, which would reach egypt.. its all explained in that link. purely conjecture but it sounds right.
ReplyDeletewe will be in athens for the first two nights of passover, im working on finding the athens chabad for a sedar. we also want to go to delphi and the islands of ios, mykonos, and santorini. happy passover!