Gadia Zrihan, at The Blogs

May 20, 2020, 2:42 PM

Quarantine Diaries: A Story in 5 Parts (part 5)

Our release from mandatory quarantine was not exactly cinematic. We were tagged with wrist bands, our temperatures measured and in the morning we just opened the door of Room 3805 and stepped out of confinement, like it was the...

May 17, 2020, 2:56 PM

Quarantine Diaries: A Story in 5 Parts (part 4)

Part 4 - Quarantine Syndrome Sets in The autumn sky in Sydney is the palest blue, so pale it seems like almost all the colour has been leached out. The wide vista beyond our window is still there, but I...

May 16, 2020, 1:04 PM

Quarantine Diaries: a story in 5 parts (part 3)

Quarantine Diaries 3 - Pessach in Quarantine Midway in the Pessah seder, we are asked to dip our pinky in a glass of red wine and drop 10 ruby droplets onto a plate to remember the suffering caused by the...

May 15, 2020, 1:53 PM

Quarantine Diaries: A story in 5 parts (part 2)

Part 2: Mandatory Quarantine in a Sydney Hotel I am locked in a room on the 38th floor of a hotel suite in Sydney’s business district. Police patrol the hallways and we have no key. We are at pains not...

May 14, 2020, 9:33 AM

Quarantine Diaries: A Story in 5 Parts

One family's journey from Washington, DC to Sydney during the coronavirus. A story in 5 parts. (courtesy)

Part 1: Leaving America As the van leaves our house for the last time on our tree-lined DC street, I whisper goodbye to the lingering cherry blossoms, unsteady in the wind. After being bare so long, the oaks and maples are...

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Gadia Zrihan is a Jewish wanderer par excellence. Born in Paris, she is a citizen of Australia, Israel and France with a touch of vagabond. She recently spent 4 years sojourning with her family in Washington DC and has now relocated to Sydney. Her heart's home is in Jerusalem. But for now, it’s about the journey not the destination.

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