The little differences...

I know that this has been covered by others before, but it really is the little things that get you. for instance, here, on campus, you can buy beer out of the vending machine:

You can also buy hard alcohol from the market in the dorm building and cigarettes from any of the hundreds of vending machines scattered around campus. Bus drivers give change but cashiers pitch a fit if they have to. Everything is negotiable - even cell phone contracts.

Also, underpants. Every single store in Israel sells underpants. Every. Single. Store. The campus bookstore, the housewares store, the supermarket, the mini-mart, everywhere.

Bankers Hours: Hours: Sun, Tues, Wed, Fri- 8:30-13:15 - Mon, Thurs- 8:30-13:00, 16:00-18:30. Really? Where do you need to be for three hours in the middle of the day on Mondays and Thursdays?

You will hear all about all of the bureaucracy in Israel, but you never fully realize the extent until you've tried to get into a nightclub. First off, they don't even open up the lines until almost 1am. Four lines, two tickets, 25 shekels, and fourty minutes later... and that's in the VIP line(s).