At last is is time to begin work. As drivers we have to be qualified to operate the many varieties of vehicles that are available on the camp. One vehicle that I was not qualified on was the Toyota 30 passenger bus. I had driven bus on occasion in the past but was not qualified to drive them unaccompanied. My boss decided to take me for a check run. We left the camp at 10 AM and started driving the route that would be our principle tasking with this vehicle. The civilian workers run. Before we had even gone 30 minutes my boss decided that I was more than confident on the operation and control of this bus. To me it was like driving a sports car, albeit a large one. We decided to just drive to the coast at Haifa on the Mediterranean. That took about one and a half hours and was a great scenic drive. At Haifa he showed me the malls and the port. These are the main things here that a driver should know the location of. We then followed the coast road along the Mediterranean towards Tel Aviv. This highway is the main north / south road in Israel. We were able to travel at speeds exceeding 140 kilometers an hour and still not go faster than anyone else.
As we got nearer to Tel Aviv, my boss suggested that we stop at Natanya. This is the coastal resort town that we drivers come to each weekend with the bus on the beach run. He showed me where we are able to park the bus and then we went for lunch.
I have eaten at Burger Kings in Canada and so it was not really a great shock to see one in Israel, especially after McDonalds. I ordered a whopper and fries and the shock came when I found I had no cheese. I don't know about you but the whole point of a whopper to me is to have a slice of cheese on a juicy burger. It's not KOSHER. It would cost over $3.00 more to get a slice of cheese added to a burger here. Some restaurants have special licenses to serve non-kosher food.
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