At the post office, you pass through a kiosk machine to punch in your basic need. Since we were also purchasing stamps, and mailing postcard, we claimed "general." The machine asigns you a number. 766, still 20 + numbers away. Monitor screens were everywhere, noting the current number and which window to proceed. Although everything was announced in Hebrew, the numbers were "ours". It seemed like many people waiting, but it was a short wait.
The lady spok only limited English, but when she saw our four tickets, she simply chuckled and said "bad".
This was the only place, using a credit card, were we required to give a phone number. U.S. not accepted, thankfully the husband had his phone, and since we could not recite all the numbers in Hebrew, we simply handed over the phone for her review. She laughed at our situation, but was courteous.
The stamps were in a tiny area, like a little marketing store to the side, no lines, good selection. It was a hard choice. Do we buy stamps and postcards from sites we did not visit, postcards of the pope visiting Israel, or Disney? Be'er Sheva does not rank as a tourist attraction as a whole. I settled on Israeli flags. It is where we are (Israel) and what we support.
