Israeli Adventures

It’s been 8 years since I’ve last stepped foot in Israel which is long time. Almost enough time to forget how crazy, diverse and beautiful the holy land is. But in just 5 days here I have been amply reminded of all the variety of life in my homeland. It was almost midnight when I met Talia at Ben Gurion airport after the long flight from Seoul and the place was full of people. There were more people waiting for the train into Tel-Aviv than there would be at midday Saturday in the middle of Hobart (but ok that’s not saying much).It was on the train that the first reminder of life in Israel became immediately apparent when a group of soldiers took their seats next to us complete with machine guns and ammunition belts. I think I must be getting old but its really quite amazing to think that so much of the security of this country rests in the hands of baby faced teenagers who are probably more concerned about whether they’ll pick up on the one weekend off they get a month. Still they do look somewhat more responsible and clued in to the realities of life than 17 year old Aussie kids do - but maybe that’s just the uniforms.

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