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Munich Trip
Day 5: Munich Trip
I thought the blog was over but something crazy happened on the final day. I got back to the room at 11:30 and since I had to wake up at…
Day 4: Munich Trip
With nothing on the schedule until 10, I gave myself the luxury of waking up a bit later at 7:30. I stayed in bed for a bit and then went…
Day 3: Munich Trip
I woke up at 5:15 this morning again to catch a train. I was trying to make the 6:20 train which would get me in To Salzburg at 7:50. The…
Day 1: Munich Trip
This trip was planned very last minute as an effort to stave off the increasing boredom I'd had in my first work-free, pre-draft week and…
Day 2: Munich Trip
The day started extremely early. After going to bed at 1 AM, I woke up at 5:15 to have enough time to wake up and make it to the subway to…
Asia Trip
Day 31 - Qatar layover
We weren’t going to let a 12 hour layover in Qatar go to waste. Last night, we booked a tour for Qatar. And we’re so happy we did - it was…
Day 29 - Day 2 of Ha Giang Loop
Another day of incredible views We took pictures at what Igor considered the nicest view of the whole trip I had what felt like a whole pit…
Day 30 - 3rd day of Ha Giang Loop and leaving
We woke up to rain. Igor decided to wait a little so we ended up departing around 10:30 Our first stop was a waterfall I decided to do some…
Day 28 - Day 1 of Ha Giang loop
We woke up around 8 AM to meet our tour guides and motorcycle drivers in the hostel lobby. After hearing about the loop and meeting…
Day 27
We booked a day tour late last night for Ninh Binh. We met our tour guide at the Hanoi Opera house and knew we wouldn’t have the best…
Day 25
We left around 11 to the Hanoi old quarter. We walked around a bit and did our souvenir shopping Avi found out that a mutual friend was on…
Day 26 - Last Shabbat of the trip in Hanoi
We had a great time at the Chabad of Hanoi. The food was phenomenal and we had a great time meeting the other travelers. We are Friday…
Day 22
Another day of Avi and I doing different things in Tokyo I began my day on Kappabashi street - a street selling goods for kitchens and…
Day 23
Third day of Avi and I on our own journeys in Tokyo I began my day at Yoyogi park - a huge park next to the shrine id visited two days…
Day 24 - Flying to Vietnam
Avi and I woke up at 5 am to catch the train for our flight We landed in Hanoi at around 1 Pm local time and took a taxi to our hotel.…
Day 21
Avi and I split up today since we both wanted to spend our time seeing different parts of Tokyo I began my day with the Meiji jingu Shrine…
Day 19- Shabbat #3 - Chabad of Kyoto
Shabbat was great. There was a group of about 80 Israeli bank workers and their families with us at the Chabad so it was nice speaking with…
Day 20
Today was packed. We began our day by traveling by bullet train to Mt Fuji. We stopped for a moment to take pictures and then continued on…
Day 16
The day began a bit late - we got out of the hotel at 10:30 AM. We took public transportation to Mount Rokko in Kobe. Quick shoutout to the…
Day 17
We started the day by traveling to Kyoto. I tried a Fuji Apple from a local supermarket We wanted to visit an Onsen, a traditional Japanese…
Day 18
We began today by going to the house connected with our hotel. The house belongs to the hostel owner but he opens it to his guests to use…
Day 14 - First Day in Japan!!
After flying through the night, with a quick stopover in Kuala Lumpur, we reached Osaka, Japan. My first impression of the country, just…
Day 15
We began our day with some coffee from a local shop We then took the subway to the Osaka Castle - a castle which was built for the Emperor…
Day 12 - Motzei Shabbat #2
It finally happened- I got sick. Friday night was relatively normal. We walked 10 minutes to Chabad of Phuket and were amazed by the…
Day 13 - Last Day in Thailand
We began our day by picking up our laundry from a local laundry service (if you’re wondering how we packed enough clothing for this trip).…
Day 10
About 2 days prior to our trips departure, Avi and I debated bringing laptops. Our morning today proved we didn’t need to. We spent the…
Day 11
I’m experiencing a mentality whiplash; Avi and I traveled at incredibly fast clip the first week that I have to remind myself, especially…
Day 9
Today was primarily travel. We booked a travel company to take us all the way to the phi phi islands. Our day started with a ferry ride off…
Day 8
Majority shareholder of the blog here - don’t worry, no Huxley or Frost references from me Today was another relaxing day on the island of…
Day 6
We flew out early Sunday morning to Don Sak airport and exited the plane directly onto the tarmac We booked a van to the port and a ferry…
Day 7
To all our readers out there (all five of you) this is Avi writing day’s blog post as Yoni decided to sleep all day so we figure his day…
Day 5 - Motzei Shabbat
Shabbat was great. We were a 10 minute walk from the Chabad and it was straight down from our hotel so no worries getting lost in the city.…
Day 3
Today was action packed. We were picked up by a van in the middle of the city and drove an hour and a half through rural Chiangmai to an…
Day 4
We started our day by using the same tour company as yesterday since they were so great. They picked us up at the hotel at 8:30 and brought…
Day 2
We started our 2nd day by taking an hour and a half taxi ride to a unique market. The entire market is on train tracks and at 6 points…
Day 1
After 25 hours of international airline travel, Avi and I landed in Bangkok at 6:30 AM local time. We headed straight to the Wat Pho temple…