pics. from my recent trip to israel

you can see 5 of them if you click on my profile. keep in mind, the first five are from Israel (last 2 weeks.), the last five are still the old ones from Grecce I posted back in November 07.

anyway, the guy in the Israeli pics w/me is Matt, my current bf (who I think is a cutie pie), the beautiful lady next to me is my mom. Matt took 480 pics of this trip so I might post more later (not all of them, I promise. We visited Jerusalem (my nephew's bar-mitsva, which is the Jewish right of passage into adulthood that takes place when you turn 13), Hebron (specifically, a Jewish settlment in a mostly Palestinian town), Tel-Aviv (which is on the Medetterenian Sea), Ein Bokek (which is on the Dead Sea, the lowest point of Earth), and Eilat (on the Red Sea, which is a vacation town commonly referred to as an Israeli Riviera.) So we saw 3 seas in 3 days (which I think is kind of cool!!!! And we rode a camel named shashu!!!)

Unfortunately, time demands (a.k.a.) boyfriend's limited vacation didn't afford us the opportunity to take a few more days to visit the Northern part of the coutry (Haifa, Carmel Vineries, etc.) but, needless to say, this still has been an unfogettable experience--part family reunion/Bar-mitsva celebration, part vacation.)

Plus, being Jewish (albeigh it not religious but Jewish nonetheless), it was an incredible spiritual experience to see the land of my forefathers/foremothers.

Anyway, let me know if the pics came out on the profile. It took me a few tries but I think I finally got them there.

Love, Nat

WOW THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES!!  I BET IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING THERE.

OH BTW YOUR FELLA IS A CUTIE PIE  LOL

GLAD YOU ALL HAD A SAFE TRIP

GOD BLESS YOU
MINI ME

You look WONDERFUL!!!   I know that it's not all about "looks", but really... Your body is SNUG! The little black dress... Wow!  

You've got great genes too so give MOM a big Kiss...   HeHeHe

Sounds like you had a really lovely time, made a good connection with "Home", and got a bit closer to Matt!  All around a Win-Win! 
Thanks for sharing!
Ro

Wow Natalie!  Incredible pictures and so beautiful....Israel and the bf aren't bad looking either.   Glad you had such a memorable time, that is what trips are all about.

Molly

girl, love the compliments, say what you want, but i'm stil dead set on stealing that cute kitten you parade on your shoulder...i udes to foster one that looked just like it...white with black ears..so beware:)

love, Nat

Hey, Nat... Mols has 2 kittens!!!!  But there's no way that she's going to willingly give up her babies!  Heather has a little brood too; check her pics too.   I love cats, but my current old guy flipped-out the last time I brought another (really sweet) cat home.  After their cat fight, I ended up in the hospital on IVs due to a bite in the hand from MY cat.  I could soooo easily be a Cat Lady!
Meow!!!

Ro,
 love the lion-reflection pic. I used to have this one on my fridge for a long time and an orange  cat with a matching personality to go w/it:)

now all i'm left with is a german shepherd mix with a personality of a baby sheep...but that will change soon

But Nat... Look how cute your baby IS...  How it all happened that your German shepherd mix came to have the personality of a baby sheep is a well known tale...   It all began many moons ago, when an inquisitive pup "frolicked" with a woolly beauty...  Natural course and generations later there came to be a gentle shepard, well be it a bit sheepish, with a sweet disposition . 
Basically, a love story!

Ro,
you think it's a joke...it's not be afraid be very afraid (well, o.k. she may not know how to bite or bark but SHE WILL LICK YOU TO DEATH, and that's not a threat, it's a promise. i'll try to paste her pics below but if that doeasn't work, i'm posting them on my profile so please click there.

p.s. her ears never stood up but she's almost 2 years old. purebred she ain't but the butest puppy in the world she is. i nursed her w/ goat mik since she was 2 days old so i may be a little biased. cheers, Nat

Ro,

i didn't paste her pic below cause i'm computer illiterate but if you click on my profile i put 2 pics of her there. your story of a shepherd and a sheep has a living and licking (everyine in sight) proof:)