Friday, July 27, 2018

I feel homesick- I'm over it!

Hi readers, friends and prayer warriors.,
Yes you might think, "oh wow, she's in Israel!!!", but I am now totally over it. I wish I could go home right now.
I am staying in a nice place( Airbnb), but I feel location isn't great for a solo traveller, arriving on Friday afternoon , close to Shabbat when all shops close at 4 pm. I got here at 2 pm, there was nothing in the house. Luckily there was a small corner store where I could buy the basic's. Milk bread, some chicken pieces for tonight, and they had canned tomato sauce and ravioli.
So I had some bread at 4 pm and tonight I'll make the chicken and the ravioli and tomato sauce with added milk and that was very yummy.
But I had a meltdown this afternoon, in the shower. I just knew it was coming. I cried and cried my head off. ( this is after I arrived)
I felt so all alone! I was hoping someone or a family would ask me for Shabbat dinner. No one asked me, not even the owners of this Airbnb. Not even an other friend I knew from Chiburim who said she would be there during this weekend. I am in Israel and can't even join a Shabbat dinner!!! I really feel disappointed and let down. Then the Kehilat HaCarmel ( the church at the top of Haifa at Isfiya, a Druze village) haven't written back, even though I wrote them months ago. Yes I got one email to say contact them the day you arrive. Well I did that and I still haven't heard back.
And oh, the trains didn't go today, no, not because it was close to Shabbat but because they were working on the train tracks. They didn't have a replacement bus, like in Holland, no you have to figure it out yourself how to get there. With my 3 pieces of luggage, there as no way I was going to try and walk to a bus stop and try all that in 33 C heat. So I ordered a taxi through their Uber app( their's is called " Gett"app.) It works the same way.
on the way to Haifa by taxi

flowers along the highway
  Yes it was expensive and yes it was 2 hours drive but worth it as it took away all the stress and hassle. OK maybe an other reason for the bawl.
Now I am here and there is nothing to do except watching TV and my laptop. I wished I had chosen the other Airbnb by the sea. The only reason I had cancelled it was because she didn't write back after i asked some questions and it seemed also isolated , but looking back there would have been more to do there than here. Why oh why did I cancel it? I can hit myself sometimes. So stupid of me. Anyway what is done is done, I can't change it now. Hopefully I will hear from the church tomorrow. I can also ring them up to make sure they get me. They promised to pick me up as they have a van for people to pick them up.
I am pissed off with myself and homesick. Well, at least I have had an outlet and that is this blog.
We will see what happens tomorrow.
But the view on the other side of the road is amazing and I will insert some pictures of that and also of my room here.
Signing off now.
on the way by taxi

view across the street of Haifa

View across the street between houses

My Bed in the Airbnb Haifa

My space, lounge, kitchenette and bathroom

lounge, dining and bedroom all in one

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