My Hebrew is clearly not where it needs to be. Those who I interviewed were patient with me, or allowed me to be patient with them as they used their English. These Olympians may have some serious skills, but English is not among them.
[I just interrupted typing this blog to pitch an idea about an op-ed…I REALLY hope its picked up. It probably won’t though. They’ll take one of my more boring ideas.]
Anywho, it was cool. It was on the 6th floor of Jerusalem municipality building #1, those really pretty buildings on Yaffo St. right across from the Old City. There is a view from the balcony up there that is breathtaking. I conducted some interviews right away, though I did struggle with finding who were Olympians and who weren’t, and who could even form a sentence in English.
Between you and me, I did indulge in the yummy food the city of Jerusalem provided, and it was, but only after I got most of the material I would need to write an article. I also took my own pictures with my digital camera. After the event I went to the Coffee Bean down the street and plugged in to transcribe my notes into type, type up my article, upload the pictures I took, select a few that I liked, do some research on the athletes to round out the article, and send it all in. I had about 45 minutes for this all to meet my 9 a.m. deadline. Wooft. It was fun in some ways.
the only one i have actually heard of was Andy Ram, who won a grand slam in doubles at last year's Australian Open (was that it?). Anyway, his sister accepted his award because he was over at Wimbledon losing in the quarterfinals.
So yeah, the article can be found here. I don’t know why it has no picture in it. This time, though, the spread in the actual newspaper looks really good, with a picture I took (two actually) and a sweet Beijing Olympic logo, all in color.
*My first Israeli sports article*
Final unrelated note to camp people: I was on the phone with my editor when a girl stopped in front of me, dropped her jaw, which resulted in me dropping mine. Shira Nesher has resurfaced like an eagle in the landscape. She is in the army, kinda, giving Jerusalem tours to new soldiers.
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So you're officially a published writer and interviewer... hearty mazal tov, my good friend. Sounds like you're getting some sweet stories (besides the bombing, of course) and enjoying your time/work there. By the by, I had a sandwich this morning. It had cucumbers and cream cheese, on multi-grain bread. But really it wasn't a sandwich. It was a diet raspberry snapple.
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