"There's no place like home," a quote from L. Frank Baum's 1900 fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Near the end of its 1939 adaptation, Dorothy repeats that phrase to return home to Kansas.
Recently I have started to be home sick. Not because I miss someone specifically nor I do not miss specific thing but this is a combination of everything. Italy is great and this eight months so far has been an amazing experience in all aspects. However, as usual when I travel there is time to go home. Yes, I know that I had this thought that I might stay here in Europe for longer time and will find a job here and all of that. However so many things that I like about Israel that I can`t find here, our little country isn’t so bad after all.
I had three offers for internships/temporary positions here in Italy all in the marketing field however it cam to me that if I can do the same thing in Israel what is the added value to do it here? Moreover they have offered only an imbursement and not a full time salary that made me realize that there is really not even one good argument to stay here. So, as it seems now in the end of may when school ends I will be packing again and returning to land of honey and milk and will enjoy a hot humid summer in Israel. Talking of summer, the past few days here were amazing, the sun was shining and the temperature were quite high. I have spent most of the days at the Molo, which is a nice dock right in front, the main piazza in town. Got a little sun burned on my arms I guess I lost my pigments during that real winter I have experienced here. This is real spring here, one moment its cold one moment its worm, you take a jacket its too hot you leave it at home it too cold, its interesting but confusing on the same time. Its seems though that the hot weather brought the city back to life, its like everyone here were sleeping a good winter sleep but now the streets are full with people locals and tourists, the bars are packed and its seems like everyday here is an holiday. It is actually a very nice felling , also the colors of the town are much brighter now ,the building new and old got this special shade now that makes the city look beautiful.
I have about two months left here and I have busy schedule for the time left. This weekend there is an ultimate Frisbee tournament in Vienna, I hope to get to see the city a little bit as well, than next week we have a ball which I`m kind of curious to know what professor Pilotto will surprise us with this time (will tell you all about it later) then Israel for Easter (Passover) then Munich for a study tour where we will be visiting Lufthansa, BMW and Allianz (insurance) then another tournament in lake Komo in Italy , Sweden to visit a friend and it’s the end of May and school will be also over. I got only 4 more courses and exams to go, well actually 6 because Finance class is splitting the exam to three small ones and I`m done with the MBA, the thesis I will write in the summer time in Israel, hopefully, and then all we got left with is the graduation in September. Would you believe that?
But more than all I can`t wait to be in Israel on the 20th of April early in the morning, "There's no place like home".
