First trip to Israel!

Catw is on auto response and has not a clue what he is talking about.

I have always envisioned catw as female. How about it c? Inquiring minds want to know.

Me first; I'm a he.

I'm a he as well.

Catw, where are you from?

I'm a she (which for some reason surprises a lot of people on this forum).

The United Nations Security Council, the United Nations General Assembly, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Court of Justice and the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention have all confirmed that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory are illegal as they are in breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, regardless of their gender.

Nothing original from Catw, as usual. Haven't your friends told you that you are boring ?

Perhaps catw should change its name to parrotw.

Oh well.

Shuffaluff, when I first came on the scene here I did envision you as male. It didn't take too many posts though before you mentioned your gender.

IMHO an interesting by-product of this format is the way we perceive certain posters only to find out they are of different genders, creeds or cultural backgrounds than we had originally suspected.

I think most people assume I am male because I'm always going on about railways... ;-)
I'm used to being the only female at gatherings of railway enthusiasts. For some reason, it's considered OK for a man to be interested but not a woman!

People always turn out to be vastly different from what you expect. Why you expect a certain image I have no idea. It's like hearing a radio newsreader every day, and then seeing that person on TV for the first time. They always look nothing like what you expected.

Another travel forum that I post on had a real-life gathering in Tel Aviv a few months ago. There were a lot of surprises!

ha.....shuffaluff. As a railway enthusiast ....what rail experiences should I experience in Israel instead of taking a bus? I have been keeping an eye in this forum as I hope to finally visit Israel next year for a month. I am not a card carrying enthusiast but I do love traveling on trains if I can aford them.