Please note that the observations below are based on my personal experience. They do not reflect the opinions of any organization, employer, company, or other contributors to this blog.
- People routinely shop from the checkout line at the supermarket. They just disappear and come back with more stuff. Luckily, there is usually an elderly woman at the front of the line intensely discussing something with the cashier, so there’s plenty of time to go find additional items. Maybe I should just park my cart there when I first walk in the door.
- There’s no need to check the weather report. It is the same every day. I hear it might rain in Haifa in November or December.
- “Mom jeans” with high waistbands are fashionable here.
- The packaging that food (and everything really) comes in is both flimsy and impenetrable.
- Netflix has a bunch of shows on Starz and Showtime here. Shows like Outlander and Ray Donovan make it feel more like a premium streaming service.
- If you go to the supermarket after twelve on Friday, the pita is probably all gone.
- Toilet inserts that clean when you flush are useful. I should buy them at home.
- Buses arrive five minutes early every now and then to keep everybody honest.
- There is no such thing as a medium coffee. There is only tiny and gigantic.
- Security guards will often just wave you in after they discover you don’t speak Hebrew.
- Preparing for the Day of Rest is actually really tiring.
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