Gretchen's Blog
April 24, 2007
Israel's 59th Independence Anniversary
Conference day, work day, so far so good. The day started out a little strange, while we were waiting for our van, there were a bunch of military guys with guns and bullets on their belts combing through the hotel. I figured it was some type of standard procedure.
Later that night, we were waiting for a taxi to go eat and there was a long line of cars dropping people off and the military was present as well. Many had flags on their bumpers of different countries, assumably cars from the various embassies. We found out they were attending an event to celebrate Israel’s 59th anniversary of independence. Our group of three got a little spooked, no wonder there was so much security and all of a sudden we felt a little like sitting ducks in the taxi line.
The night went off without a hitch.
Later that night, we were waiting for a taxi to go eat and there was a long line of cars dropping people off and the military was present as well. Many had flags on their bumpers of different countries, assumably cars from the various embassies. We found out they were attending an event to celebrate Israel’s 59th anniversary of independence. Our group of three got a little spooked, no wonder there was so much security and all of a sudden we felt a little like sitting ducks in the taxi line.
The night went off without a hitch.
posted by Gretchen # 8:09 PM 
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