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I'm back from New York, safe and sound. It's been an awesome trip, and it really got me ready for the next phase.
I have a lot of photos I haven't posted yet, so expect a few more trip-tagged posts in the coming days weeks.

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So the other day I was trying to get to SoHo (that stands for South of Houston street, incidentally. I didn't know that). However, I took the express subway instead of the local one, and only found out about it when the train passed my stop without even slowing, and then emerged from the dark, cool tunnels below Manhattan onto what had to be, ( Read more... )

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I'm sick today. Caught a flu or something. Anyway, I'm too lazy and fading to write a full-length post, so I'll just share some more pictures with you.


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So, four days into it, how do I find New York? Pretty great, thanks. inuwashi  kindly agreed to host me for the duration of my stay, so I'm staying with him, his two cats, his flatmate and his (the flatmate's) girlfriend. It's pretty crowded in the evenings when everyone's home, but we manage. They're really nice people (especially the cats) and it's ( Read more... )

I recently had the privilege of spending close to 24 hours flying from Israel to New York, and I thought I'd share some of the experience with you guys.

Making New Connections
I booked a flight plan that included a connection flight - Tel Aviv to Barcelona and Barcelona to New York. I thought I made a pretty good deal. So when I got to the airport ( Read more... )

So. Y'all must be asking yerselves, "I wonder what happened to Avish in the past six months or so?"
Well then, here's a short status update:

Shifra, the subject of my last post, is doing great, and is now accompanied by a brand new GPS navigator, which is the single most useful birthday present I ever got (thanks darling!).

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