Walking out Lion’s Gate of the Old City one encounters the Kidron Valley and, rising up above it, the Mount of Olives.  This is an area rich with religious history and it is mentioned frequently in the New Testament. The first stop […]Read More ›

A highlight of Israel was taking a dip in the Dead Sea in Ein Gedi. (The land mass on the other side of the Dead Sea from Ein Gedi is Jordan). My camera died after just three pictures, so unfortunately […]Read More ›

Jerusalem is amazing. It’s completely unlike Tel Aviv, but wonderful in it’s own way. The Old City of Jerusalem is separated into quarters.  There is the Muslim quarter, the Christian quarter, the Jewish quarter and the Armenian quarter.  The former are obviously three […]Read More ›

And then I was in France, a country I’ve long revered. Hendaye, to be exact. The Eurorail pass is a strange beast.  All of the countries in Europe have their own national train company. So if you are at a train station […]Read More ›

I landed in Tel Aviv on March 15th at 2:34 p.m. Flying in over the Mediterranean Ocean, I looked down and saw palm trees and thousands of white and tan buildings. Walking from the train station to my hostel with shekels […]Read More ›