people don't walk enough

in the last month or so i've done a lot more walking (around tel aviv mostly) and it's become quite apparent that a) people don't walk without a particular destination enough and b) it's a really great way to people watch and get a sense of a city in a short period of time.

maybe once i start working full time (insert hope and positive thoughts here so that this actually happens) i'll probably have less time to just enjoy wandering around the city, but it's been really awesome to just walk without a purpose and realize that i sort of know how to get places. plus it's been helping me connect various places that i was already familiar with but only a separate entities. i'm not yet at the point of being able to give directions everywhere, but i think that should i manage to keep "walking around the city" a part of my daily life, it's only a matter of time :-) being able to give directions is always the key to feeling like you actually live somewhere. i remember that being true both in boston as well as in Madrid.

anyway...that's my random comment of the day.

time to go shower and get a move on...