Name: Adi Ackerman
Age: 16
Place of Residence: Pierre Lunn, New Jersey
Most missed: friends, family, sea, weiz, food, everything
After a year and eight months living in New Jersey, I went back for a home visit. It’s been a crazy month!
At first, just before I got off the plane, everything felt small and yellow. In New Jersey everything is green, full of trees, grass and plants, literally a settled forest. And then you drive on Route 6 and on the right side of sand, the left side is sand, and here and there is some little bush.
I came to my grandparents’ house and everything suddenly seemed so smaller. The 14 storey building that once looked huge suddenly looked really miniature. I’ve gotten used to it when you order a little coffee in America, it’s the size of a jerrycan. And suddenly, when I ordered coffee in Aroma, it was half a thumb.
Where’s the politeness?
The first week in Israel, I went with my grandparents to Eilat for a week. Let’s start with me forgetting how hot it is in Eilat. From the heat I could barely get out of the hotel. And if I accidentally went out to the pool, I felt like I was being roasted on boiling coals. In America, it’s customary to hold doors to each other. Everywhere! And it doesn’t matter how much rush or how slowly it takes people to get there, holding the door! And I kept some grandmother’s door. When she got to the door, she said, “Come on, cute Zuzi! What got stuck in my way 🤔😂. ”
I to Tommy forgot that the concept of standing in line is not so valid in Israel, and every breakfast in line for omelettes I tried to wait patiently like a good girl in Jerusalem. People probably didn’t realize I was waiting and decided to get around but there are no Israelis! It’s the only people who in a minute and a half two complete strangers can become best friends. Fun music plays everywhere and lots of todo boom. While I was in Israel, I was also given the opportunity to fill in the slang gaps such as: what is the blues, and curse.
America is huge! I went twice from New Jersey to Georgia by car, which is a 16 hour drive, and at the pace of me and my family for two days😂. So suddenly driving from the center to Eilat felt really small, or as they say in curse.
In summary, the experience in Israel really was exceptional. See everything all of a sudden with other eyes and understand things differently. The visit made me realize how much I had changed and how much I had grown up. And I can’t wait for the next visit.
