weitzmann it is...

now i have reached the holy land. and i didn't have to walk the desert for 40 years to do it. just stay in a lot of welsh rain for a long time...

the weitzmann institute in israel (home of the most recent nobel laureate in chemistry!!!) is a very nice place. its green and hilly, with buildings hidden between brush and trees. there is a large orange grove and when the wind is right, you smell that wonderful citric flower fragrance. the particle accelerator is right near the grove and towers over it. from the train it looks like a dinosaur with the round head watching over. i tend to think it looks like snoopy also.

the institute (hamachon for those who know hebrew and want to sound cool) is a great escape for me from tel aviv. not that i dislike tel aviv, but its hard living at my grandparents which is where i am for the time being and tel aviv is a city. congestion, traffic, some smog, noise. so walking to the institute, straight from the train station - i fill my lungs with the cleaner air, the smell of the trees, the aromas of the oranges, the fragrances of the bio labs...

the physics building where i am is amazingly active. the colloquiums (have been to two so far) fill up the room completely (70+ seats) to the point that people sit on the stairs. people are friendly and nice, lots of internationals, and there are lots of cats that are running about, even inside the building. today a black cat crossed my path, and immediately i thought... wait wait wait, no superstitions, i immediately wondered if it was schrodinger's cat, and then poof, it was half gone...

i received a visitor's pass to get through the magneticized gates as well as a key to my office (and a key to rami's office, uzy's student, which is right across... hee hee, power to me!!! *evil laughter fill the room* hillel is seen planning on stealing some, ahhhh, 8x11 print paper, from rami's office, ha ha ha!!!). i am in an office with an italian guy, right next to uzy's office. i leave the door open as a check on myself that people can see if i am not working. boy what a system... self discipline to the max!!!

next - living situation, once again... decision this time? tel aviv, close to family, close to some friends (not many, but what i have here for now), close to good food, close to zilber (brother), close to action.
or rehovot - close to work, more serene city, greener, closer to nature, closer to work friends.

eh?