bookend..3 months later, yes there is a lot to fill in....later. once again i was welcomed home. first did you know that when an Israeli commercial flight lands in Israel the passengers clap? yes it's true. in loving appreciation of the pilot? grateful to be back in the land of frustrations? because the moment, and even before, that plane comes to an incomplete hault those claps have transformed into irritable pushs to get out. "nu madam maybe you could move?" "where would you like me to move to? no one is moving." "calm down...what's the hurry, we still have to wait for the suitcases...hey don't push" "oy". now..walking down another one of those hallways i mentioned months ago, huge posters one after the other . a boy with lipstick on his cheek and the caption "did you miss me or my presents? hachi tov babayit" (it's the best at home). children on top of mom "so what if mom is jetlagged....hachi tov babayit." this is an advertisement for Bezeq the national telephone company. continuing onto another long ramp..this time painted alongside it is a long horizontal pole upon which sit many colorful, exotic birds that seem to be gabbing to each other. caption " it's nice to wander but it's better to be at home" ad for Orange mobile phone company. a large poster of a goat saying (play on the memmemme bleat a goat would make)" it's exciting that you are home" ad for the Yellow gas stations. get it? do we have this in the U.S ? and i have just missed it?
anyway, currently i am blogging from a friends' house in the not so interesting town of Hadera. from barcelona to hadera. through the night. i haven't slept in 25 hours. i can't believe i am here. i've got the 2 bookends but it is that whole middle (on rhodes, through spain, the island of menorca, southern spain, morocco, spain ) that feels like some movie i vaguely remember.
i can maybe blog about those travels now....well after i sleep....when i was inspired i would write in my head but i wasn't near a computer...when connected to the net somewhere i was too intent on reaching out and receiving from friends.
i am gonna be here for a month or so...and i'm gonna share....stay tuned.
love, gina
About Me
- sinaispirit
- born in the u.s, raised in israel. of two nationalities, two religions, two cultures, with lots of mileage in between. student of movement, inner and outer. dancing in the spaces between flight and ground. holding the place of home and travel. wanting them both, wanting it all. i notice the details and embrace the expansive. i love to be naked outdoors, in and out of water.
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