Digging No Longer
So if you don't know all ready rockets hit Tiberias, the city thats is right across the Sea of Galilee that we can see even on a hazy day, at about 1pm on Saturday. It isn't far at all. Dr. Schuler made the desicion that we should evacuate so at 5pm we were on a bus to Jerusalem.
It was pretty crazy. The bombs landed and Stephanie and I were in the lab, we heard it and felt the lab shake and just turned and looked at each other like mm that was probably not a good thing. And obviously it wasn't. I wish we could have stayed, but it's good that we didn't because later that day while we were in transport to Jerusalem, Tiberias was hit again.
We spent the night in a very nice hostel in Jerusalem. This morning we went to the English service at Redeemer Lutheran in the Old City and then came back to the hostel and decided to just head to Tel Aviv, which took a taxi and 3 bus transfers to get to each time shelpping our luggage through security and bus stations, to wait for stand by flights which could prove to take quite a few days. Lets just hope it doesn't take 2 wks...although if it was that long then we could just use our regular tickets and maybe in the mean time film a real life "Terminal" movie...like Tom Hanks except we can actually leave the airport if we so choose.
I'm fairly calm at this point in time and just going with the flow. I'm not sure how the others are doing but hopefully they're doing ok. I'm just tired and hopefully can find a comfy piece of ground to pass out on.
It was pretty crazy. The bombs landed and Stephanie and I were in the lab, we heard it and felt the lab shake and just turned and looked at each other like mm that was probably not a good thing. And obviously it wasn't. I wish we could have stayed, but it's good that we didn't because later that day while we were in transport to Jerusalem, Tiberias was hit again.
We spent the night in a very nice hostel in Jerusalem. This morning we went to the English service at Redeemer Lutheran in the Old City and then came back to the hostel and decided to just head to Tel Aviv, which took a taxi and 3 bus transfers to get to each time shelpping our luggage through security and bus stations, to wait for stand by flights which could prove to take quite a few days. Lets just hope it doesn't take 2 wks...although if it was that long then we could just use our regular tickets and maybe in the mean time film a real life "Terminal" movie...like Tom Hanks except we can actually leave the airport if we so choose.
I'm fairly calm at this point in time and just going with the flow. I'm not sure how the others are doing but hopefully they're doing ok. I'm just tired and hopefully can find a comfy piece of ground to pass out on.

2 Comments:
At 9:51 AM, Danielle said…
Jessica!!
It's Danielle from Woodbury (we worked together for a year) as if you could forget!! :) i hope all is well and you're finding your way home ok. i can't imagine having to leave--the 4 weeks i spent there was priceless. however, safety first and i would be freaked if i was there! write when you get a chance blcdanielle@bellsouth.net
At 7:49 PM, Anonymous said…
Sounds like an amazing adventure. Keep your head down... and your mouth shut (which I know is hard for you! ;)) I hope you are making the most of the experiance - safely!
Remember the international rule of travel - if you see something or want something - buy IT!
I'm glad you started blogging!
joel
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