Thanksgiving!

Fulbright organized a Thanksgiving dinner for us at the Deputy Ambassador's home in Hertzliya Pituach (very nice neighborhood). It was nice to see my Fulbright friends once again, but the experience was nothing in the league of the Ranch that my family usually goes to on the northern coast of California. I missed snuggling by the fireplace and playing with the little Chinese baby who's family also spends the weekend at the Ranch. I miss feeding apples from the apple tree to the beautiful wild horses and walking down to the algae filled pond with my papa or holding hands with my mom on our moonlight starlight walk after the big Thursday dinner.

Here's the whole group - wives, husbands, kids, and all! (not everyone came, but a good amount of us were there). I bet you are thinking, "whoa, so many people!" - yes yes, I had no idea so many people were doing Fulbright. There are only 6 people like me (one year of either post-undergrad or post-masters research) all the other people are either doing one semester Visiting Professorships or 2 year Post-Doc programs.