United Statesian

Coffee break during our 15km walk along the coast Dear Citizens of the World, Although less exciting than my last post about seeing rockets and long-range missile tests, I think that these photos of a November walk along our beach in Tel Aviv are worth a post. I try to highlight the positive side of living in Tel Aviv as an expat. One advantage is the weather. Not many people can say they walk along the beach in mid-November and still see tons of people in bikini - not me though... not my style. Leaving Tel Aviv going North you not only have the beach. There are lots of other sights. You can wait at the bottom of the runway and let the plains buzz you as they land. Enjoy the Boardwalk around the Old North Port of Tel Aviv A cool, long-green, hair-like algae on the rocks at low tide The advertising for ice-cream leaves a lot to be desired...the least being ice-cream. These haggared costumes did not make me think of food... Sunset over the old port with fisherman in the background The S...

Sunset from Ia, looking towards Fira Dear Citizens of the world! Life as an expat often means that you are on airplanes, packing bags, going from country to country, but not actually on vacation. After months of flying back and forth over the Med, we finally got a week off to go on vacation to Greece. Athens was nice, but Santorini was great! A paradise island that was created thousands of years ago by the biggest volconic eruption in history. Still active, it could cause a big quake or erupt at any moment... just makes it that more exciting ;-) If you are going to Greece, make it over to Santorini... - United Statesian

Dear citizens of the world, The Demon Dogs of September have returned. They have sunk their bloodthirsty teeth. The unwilling return to normal has begun! School is starting soon and September 1st marks the beginning of the end... ...may God have mercy on us all! The United Statesian