Category Archives: Israel

 Andrew’s visit: Tel Aviv, the grottos at Rosh HaNikra, Lebanese and Syrian borders at Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights, Roman ruins and aqueducts at Caesarea, Jerusalem, Bedouin tents in Arad, climbing Masada, the Dead Sea, Tel Aviv & Yaffo.  Lots of pictures…

The best of the rest: Memorial Day, Independence Day, family & friends!

Between trips, I’ve been coming home to Israel.  And counting my various relatives, friends, family friends, Gidon, and the apartment I am renting in Jerusalem, there are quite a few homes to come home to.  It has been wonderful to be here – seeing friends, hiking, beach-ing, volunteering, and dusting off my Hebrew.  Despite having spent approximately 2+ years of my life here, spread out amongst well over a dozen trips, there are so many uncharted corners of the country.  I’ve explored Byzantine ruins, mountain hikes, clear springs, cities, and neighborhoods that I’d previously never been to.  I’ve had a bizarre number of “small world” encounters, met people from communities with which I’ve never before  engaged, and am reminded every day how much I love Israel  – though  the old woman at the bus stop might push you down to get ahead of you in line, no one is more hospitable than the people of Israel – from free cab rides to Jerusalem when I was having visa trouble to take-out restaurants offering to return my call so it would be free, Happy almost 63rd Birthday Israel!