This is the story of one family’s aliyah to the North of Israel from just North of London, beginning 26th July 2010. We are a family of 3, our delightful toddling little boy is 18 months and we have a new baby on the way in just 7 weeks. We invite you to join the trials, tribulations and (possibly) triumphs of emigrating to the holiest, and craziest country in the world.
Excuse me if this is not a long post but this hot computer is going to boil my foetus. So after our disastrous attempt to get a decent mobile phone deal at the aliyah fair, we try a few places. They all seem to be the same, we think there is some price-fixing going on. …
In case you were wondering, it’s still bloody hot. Luckily the power cut was temporary and we have partial air-con and fans. It’s fine so long as you don’t move much. Although my laptop is starting to feel like a hot plate. We had a visit from a Nefesh representative who was very supportive, especially …
It’s still hot. In fact even the Israelis are now admitting it’s hot. The town ran out of power yesterday (probably because of all those very un-environmental people who like to over air-con their buildings so that they can continue to wear long sleeves and polyester) and we had a power cut. So what little …
Number of Cockroach Sightings: 1 (sadly nothing available in the bathroom to kill it with and I’ll bet it’s lurking somewhere near my bed) My god its hot. Like really, really hot. I have lived in Israel on my gap year, plus Texas and Louisiana, and I know what hot is. This is bloody hot. …
It’s Friday and I am exhausted. We have a restful day other than a trip to supersol where we are in pastrami heavan. Never have we seen such a beautiful (and affordable) selection of kosher meat. I am sure the thrill will pass but for now it’s exciting. We find a nice cafe and I …
Number of Cockroach Sightings: 0 Time to collect our sal klitah and register non-hebrew speaking husband for ulpan. We take a bus and observe the “alternative” Israeli that resides in the North. Generally a little calmer, more polite, better dressed (less of the all-hanging-out look you see in Tel Aviv) and really keen on olim. …
Number of Cockroach Sightings: 1 (killed with sandal) It’s glorious here. Perfect weather, beautiful views of mountains and the flat kindly donated to us by a family on holiday is in a very convenient location. For some unexplained reason there is no hot water but we will cope. We go along to Clalit to register …
I don’t get the English. I never have and I probably never will. If you were offered a fabulous free Israeli breakfast with all the trimmings, why would you eat a bowl of imported sugary cereal??? Husband kept nagging at me to hurry up so we could go to the aliyah fair and sort out …
Number of Cockroach Sightings: 0 110 olim (we think) on our flight. Biggest UK aliyah group ever. Slight delay which made our little boy cranky for his dinner. Is it me – or is El Al particularly slow at everything? As husband pointed out, there is a reason we have flown British Airways for our …