Everyday Ezra #17

Today we went to camp. It wasn't terrific, it was horrific!  First we went on the bus (by ourselves) to the camp.  Then we went to our classroom and "learned": Ima, Abba, Saba, Savta.  I did learn two things: how to eat a roll with chocolate spread inside, and how to write a cursive bet.  Then we went out to recess, and I saw Gavi. The only fun thing was that I was on the stairs to go down, and I said "going down" and I jumped off the stairs into the yard.   After recess, I cried since part of the class went in and I thought it was time to go home, but it wasn't.  At the end of the day I went to the library and painted something and brought it home.  Then we got on the bus to go home.  I'll post soon. Signing off, Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #16

Today was Tisha b'Av.  We watched TV all day.  Mostly the Olympics and played on the iPad.  On the Olympics, there was a little woman who lifted 108 kilos.  She was only 5'4".   This was not a very exciting day.  I'll post soon.  Signing off, Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #15

On the holy Sabbath, when I woke up, I went to wake up Ima.  I said "Ima, we're alone" because Gavi and Abba were so quiet.  Then I went to the living room and discovered that Gavi and Abba were still home.  It was a good surprise.  Then they went to shul.  We had breakfast and went to shul, but we only caught the end of it.  Then we had lunch.  At the end of the day we went back to shul to hear Eicha.  Then Uncle Yoni drove us back and it was kind of exciting getting out of the parking lot.  I'll post soon.  Signing off, Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #14

  

Today we went to the supermarket.  When we when to the supermarket we passed a music store called clay zemer.  In the supermarket there was very loud impatient man at the checkout counter.  

After that we walked to a bakery called bourekas ima.  We bought lots of rugelach, bourekas, and challah.  After that we went home.  I am sorry this is such a short blog post.  I will post again soon.  

Signing off, Ezra. 

Everyday Ezra #13

Today we went to the bank and the shuk.  The bank was very short.  We also changed some money and got shkalim.  At the bank, my Ima signed something and then we went out.  At the shuk, my brother and I got kippot.  We got onions, apples, kale, cabbage, bread, chummus, burekas, grape juice, couscous, p'titim, flour, pretzels, kindereggs (which you can only find in Israel), and chicken.  We got two chickens, when the butcher cut them up, he cut them up very very fast.

The rat update of last night is awesome.  What happened is, the rat got into the mirpeset sherut.  It crawled around.  My Abba slid one of the glue traps into the mirpeset, and then we closed the door very fast.  I'll post soon.  Signing off, Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #12

Today we went to the Israel Museum.  I spent so much time there, I'm only going to tell you about one section of the museum.  It is archeology.  There was everything you could think of about archeology.  There were mummies, bones, rocks, swords, axe heads, pottery, spear heads, and everything else you could think of (in archeology).  It was amazing to see how they started with clay, then they carved in rocks, then they could use metal and gold.  They made jewelry and swords, helmets, axe heads, and other things that ancient people would make out of metal. 

The rat update of today is that last night it crept in and fell into our recycling bag.  Ima took a bigger bag and tied the bag in the bigger bag.  Today we threw the bag with the rat out.  I'll post soon. Signing off, Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #11

Today we went to Modiin and went to the bank. We got a glue trap for the rats.  Then we went to get our health insurance.  During that we played video games, it was very very fun.  After that we went down 2 elevators and went up 4 escalators.  We went to the food court and got some pizza.  The pizza was pretty yummy, even though my Ima's pizza is much yummier.  Then we went down to the parking lot, went home and had some ice cream.  I'll post again soon.  Signing off, Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #10

The night after the day we went to the Biblical Zoo, I spotted a rat on the pipe on our mirpeset.  So we closed the windows.  With one window we closed the tris and opened the window.  Today the rat was on the mirpeset.  In the corner of the mirpeset there are tiles which the rat hid in.  But it came out and climbed the side of the window and the wall.  But it didn't come in.  It was looking for food, but we didn't have any on the mirpeset.  I'll post in a few more seconds.  Signing off, Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #9

I am only going to tell you about the end of my day because that was the only exciting part.  So we walked to place called the tayelet.  At the tayelet, you can see the old city and many other important things for Jews, Muslims, and Christians.  There is also grass where you can run.  But on the other side of the trail, there are trees and one of the trees I saw a lizard like the one at the Biblical Zoo.  I am sorry that this post is so short, but it was only the end of the day.  I will post again son.Signing off, Ezra.   

Everyday Ezra #8

Today we went to the Biblical Zoo.   We only got to see half of the animals, and it took us four hours.  When we were there, I saw a wild lizard.  It was about 18 centimeters long!  We also saw in the enclosures kangaroos, a cassuary bird, and pelicans that were bigger than I am!  We also saw flamingos, swans, elephants, and monkeys.  We even saw a chimpanzee that loved a burlap bag, and swung it over one of the monkey bars, and held onto it, but it fell ten feet to the ground, onto a log, without injuring himself.  My brother Gavi and I went to a little pond with fish in it, and we could feed and pet the fish.  I pet a few fish, and my brother pet more. After that we went back to the otters, and had a snack.  On the way to the bathroom, we saw an armadillo, ferrets, and a macaw.  We also saw a huge huge spider that looked white and rubbery.  Ima may never sleep again.  After we came out of the bathroom, we went to the playground.

I will post about today later this afternoon.  But now it is time for lunch.  Signing off, Ezra, 

Everyday Ezra #7

Never fear Ezra is here for another episode of Everyday Ezra.  Today we went to a pool near a kibbutz.  There were three pools, but we only went into two.  First we went in the kiddie pool which was only up to your waist.  The only reason we went into the kiddie pool is to get used to the water, after that we went to the third pool.  We stayed there for a long time until my cousin Shalom's lips were blue.  Then we were out of the pool and had a little snack of soy-sauce crackers and oyster crackers and apple.  Then we went back into the kiddie pool.  After that we went back to the big pool.  After that I got a Shokobo (an ice cream bar), and it went all over me.  That night it was Shabbat.  Shimon was at Yoni and Meesh's house too.  Shimon is blind so he has a guide dog named Tahoma.  Dinner was very yummy.  I'll post soon.  Signing off: Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #6

Today I went to Misrad Haklita with my family.  The whole time I played video games. That was very, very fun.  Then we came home and had lunch.  After that we had dinner, which was burgers and fries, at Yael and Ariel's house.  We played Kadjunga with their kids, Eyal and Na'ama.  It was very, very yummy.  I do not know what to write, so this will be a very short post.  I am sorry about that.  I'll post in a few seconds.  Signing off: Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #5

Today it was the hottest day of the heat wave.  This morning we took a bus, and the number of the bus was 7.  We took the bus to an office called Misrad Haklita.  They told us we are going to go there tomorrow morning.  After that we went to the shuk.  We got rice, apples, clothespins, and a pitcher.  After that we went home and had lunch which was pizza.  It was very, very yummy, but not as yummy as the shwarma. 

Later today, we're going to meet the landlords of the apartment we want to rent.  I won't have enough time to write about it in this blog because this is before we are going to the house.  So I'll write about it in Everyday Ezra #6.  I'll post again soon.  Signing off: Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #4

I forgot to write this on post #2, but I can tell you that I learned the Hebrew word for sewage.  It is biyuv.

Today my parents made their Israeli bank account.  While they were doing that, my brother and I were playing video games pretty much the whole time.  On the iPad, we were playing: Temple Run, Go Ninja, and War Chess.  They were fun.  After my parents were done with the bank, we went to the food court at the mall and we all got shwarma.  It was very, very yummy and delicious.  You should try it. It is like heaven wrapped in a pita.  After that we came home and had baths and showers.  Now we are all done.  I'll post soon.  Signing off: Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #3

Today I went to the shuk.  I went on the bus to get there.  When we got there we got some cucumbers (aka melafefonim).  We also saw people carrying half a cow.  We got yummy gummies.  We also got garlic and litchis.  After we were done at that part of the shuk we went to a different part of the shuk and got burekas.  We ate our burekas and got slushies.  We drank our slushies.  After a short while Abba came back from a meeting and met us.  Then we all took a cab back home to Saba and Savta's apartment.  Then we came home and met our cousin at the apartment.  I'll blog again soon.  Signing off, Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #2

Today we went to Burekas Ima and went to the grocery store.  We got choco in a bag and some other stuff.  Then we came home and had our burekas.  A little while after that we had lunch.  Lunch for me was pita with tuna inside it.  Gavi's lunch was pita with cheese inside it. Abba's lunch was the same as mine.  Then we walk to the bus stop to wait for Shalom, our cousin.  After he came we went back to Saba and Savta's apartment.  And Shalom had lunch.  After that we played till 6pm.  Then it was time for Shalom to go home.  After dinner we went to ice cream at a gelato place called Pistachio.  I will post soon.  Signing off: Ezra.

Everyday Ezra #1

The move to Israel that I just made is a life changing adventure.  An example of how it is life changing is it is much much hotter than Portland.  There is more kosher food (and most of it is better).  To leave my family in Portland was bitter.  But I was also excited to move halfway around the world because I would have new things to do and a new language and a new everything.  The only thing that wasn't new for me was my parents and my brother.  Now there is a heat wave going on so it is actually hot for the people who live here.  I will have to adjust to the new time zone, and also adjust to the heat here.