Tuesday is also Shavuot, one of the main pilgrimage festivals in Israel. I don't know the first thing about it, but it is an important holiday, and I was already scheduled to go to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, so I figured I might as well go a little early and see what all the fuss is about.
One thing I know about Shavuot is that it is supposed to be better in Jerusalem than Tel Aviv. That is easy enough to believe. Tel Aviv is a better party town, but if you are doing a religious festival, Jerusalem is the place. Getting from one city to the other is easy, so I don't anticipate any scheduling conflicts.
The Dragon Boat Festival is pretty important in China, but I have seen that several times. Coincidentally, it is also a holiday I have missed a few times because I was out of the country. That is probably because it is always at the beginning of summer. I took a cruise a few years ago and we happened to dock in Hong Kong during the Dragon Boat Festival. That was pretty interesting for me because I was on a cruise ship in my own city, and the views of the dragon boat races from the top deck were incredible.
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