I've been in Qatar for two weeks now, and time just flies.
Every day I broadcast a game, and that means a lot of hours of preparation, trips to the stadiums and back to the hotel and sometimes little sleep.
But let there be no misunderstandings - I have no complaints.
The experience is tremendous, and as was the case in Brazil in 2014 and in Russia in 2018 - it is clear to me that Qatar 2022 will also remain memories and experiences for a lifetime.
Still, there are some differences between the current World Cup and the two that preceded it, the ones that took place in huge countries.
First of all - the distances.
All eight stadiums here are relatively close to the center of Doha, where we are staying for this month.
If in Brazil and Russia we would pack suitcases almost every day, fly from one city to another and move between hotels - here it is much simpler.
The whole month I am in the same room, and even if sometimes there are transportation problems - traffic jams, roadblocks or just a taxi driver who missed the right exit on the freeway - overall the procedure here is quite simple.
A real celebration in and outside the stadiums, photo: Getty Images
The other big difference is, of course, the country we arrived at - an Arab country that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel.
Before we got here, we heard estimates of between 15 and 20 thousand Israeli fans coming to the World Cup, who would be able to enter Qatar if they had official tickets to the games.
I cannot know how many Israelis arrived here and how many more are supposed to arrive for the decision stages, but the feeling is that the number is much lower.
I met Israelis here and there, but very few, certainly compared to the impressive numbers of Hebrew speakers I met on the streets of Moscow and Rio de Janeiro in the previous World Cups.
Uruguay fans.
Some of them are Israeli, photo: Getty Images
The other night, when I came back from the game between Mexico and Saudi Arabia and sat down to eat pizza, a father and son, two Argentina fans wearing Albiceleste shirts, stopped me.
They asked to chat a bit and take a picture.
They were Israelis, and did not feel uncomfortable speaking Hebrew in the crowded street.
But a day later, not far from there, in the area where the Uruguayan national team fans held a cheerful march, I hear behind me "Hello, Nadav".
On the corner of the street they sat, three older Israelis, born in Uruguay who had arrived earlier and fresh.
"Aren't you afraid to speak Hebrew?", they asked me.
"Absolutely not," I answered.
Since I arrived here, I make sure to speak Hebrew everywhere: on the streets, in taxis, in shops and restaurants.
So far, tap-tap, I haven't received a single comment or angry look.
Maybe it will happen later, but for now everything is fine.
So yes, I've heard of unpleasant incidents like this and others that happened to Israeli fans or members of the media, but that's enough on the sidelines.
Most of the Israelis I've met here on the whole quite enjoy the experience - without externalizing their Israeliness, of course.
Pure love
The most exciting meeting I've had so far was actually with someone I've known very well, for almost 40 years.
Yehuda Aram is the unofficial ambassador of Argentine football in Israel, and after seeing his beloved team win the World Cup in 1978 and 1986 - he could not stay at home and not come to Qatar, in case Leo Messi lifts the trophy - he will be here to see the It's up close.
Yehuda has long passed the age of 70, but he loves the Argentina national team like a child, and is moved by it every time.
He arrived in Qatar wearing a shirt given to him by the national team players during their visit to Israel in 1986, before they went to Mexico.
Yehuda Aram (right) and Nadav Jacobi.
There is no end to the memories,
On the shirt - the signatures of all the stars of that team, including the signature of the greatest of them all: Diego Armando Maradona.
36 years have passed since Argentina beat Israel 2:7 in the Ramat Gan stadium, and since then Yehuda has not washed the shirt.
For me, Yehuda Aram is the essence of the pure love of football.
No matter the age, no matter the exercise - in the end it's this immense love for the team and the game, the love that unites here in Qatar hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the world, and billions in every corner of the world.
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