Jerusalem, Israel Travel Blogs

Jerusalem - surroundings
Jul 29, 1975 (25 photos)

... guns. I got pressed against a few on crowded Israeli buses. I spent 7th grade at a British international school in West Jerusalem. One project was to write a report about a historical figure. A related art project was making a figurine of the same ...

Afterward Part 1: Changes to Make Back at Home
Jun 21, 2008

... ;       Read about Chagall, the Isaiah scroll, kabbalah.  Follow current events by reading the Jerusalem Post.   ·        Format the journal and photos on the web so that future ...

Day 27: Private walking tour of Jerusalem
Jun 11, 2008 (7 photos)

... Twain, one of Harvey's favorite writers!  Madeleine read excerpts from "An Innocent Abroad" in which Twain described Jerusalem in a very negative manner.  They discuss "Letters From The Earth", which was not published until 50 years after Twain ...

Day 26: Yad Vashem
Jun 10, 2008 (4 photos)

... here a few times during our stay. At dinner, I bring out my touchstone list to help decide if we should go to the Jerusalem of Gold concert tonight at the YMCA.  Before leaving home, I did one of the exercises in the "The Mindful Traveler", by Jim ...

Photography Tips for Israel
Jun 24, 2008

... shoot with aperture of f/8 or f/11   DEEP SHADE OR INSIDE BUILDINGS Examples: Rosh HaNiqra grottoes, Marketplace in Jerusalem, Western Wall Tunnel Tour, Megiddo Tunnel, submarine in Haifa   ·        Without ...

YOU SAY YOU SELL STORIES??
Nov 12, 2008 (4 photos)

... Boy, I haven't used that phrase in years.  But, I needed it now.)  I pressed on and hitchhiked towards Jerusalem. Forty-something Igal, in a trimmed beard, quickly picked me up.  Wearing a trimmed beard, he wasn't religious.  He just ...

Day 30: Rest day!
Jun 14, 2008 (3 photos)

... our terrace, we talk about how much we needed to stop the world and get off today.  As we watch the lights of Jerusalem, we hear the mosque call to prayers. Later, we hear church bells peeling. Before going to sleep, we watch one of our favorite ...

Day 29: Ticho House, Mahaneh Yehuda Market
Jun 13, 2008 (6 photos)

... years, toasting the occasion several times.  We enjoy the delicious food and excellent service. We have a nice relaxing stroll back to the Mt Zion Hotel. All in all, a beautiful anniversary day in Jerusalem! Click here for today's photos!  

Day 33: German Colony, Generations Center, Concert
Jun 17, 2008 (6 photos)

... at the Mount Zion Hotel. Over breakfast, the big question for the day is "What to do on our last day in Jerusalem and Israel?"   We are both quiet.  We are all toured out.  We are looking forward to our Eyal Golan concert tonight. ...

Palm Sunday
Mar 16, 2008 (38 photos)

... overhead. Palestinian Chistian Scouts led the procession from the Mount of Olives to Bethany, where the Patriarch of Jerusalem spoke of peace between Israel and Palestine, echoing what the Pope said of the violence in Iraq: "Enough!" In the morning, I ...

Reflections
Jun 18, 2008

... to also make the trip!  It's not only about visiting sites that you have heard about since you were a child.   Israel is an extremely interesting country, one that gets under your skin and touches your heart and soul.  It may be a trip ...

Lessons Learned Part 1: Trip Planning
Jun 19, 2008

... events:  1) the candlelight tour and concert in Petra offered only on Monday and Thursday nights and 2) The Israel Music Festival in Jerusalem offered every year sometime in May/June.  We planned our itinerary to be able to attend these events.& ...

Masada and the Dead Sea
Jan 22, 2008 (16 photos)

... the night, our last of the trip.  We have some quality team time in between discussions about how we can return to Israel on different programs.  Yael teaches us a new game called Pinnochio, which is entirely way to fun for such a simple game.& ...

Lessons Learned Part 2: "On The Trip"
Jun 20, 2008

... fun and useful.  Don't over do your practice.   PUT YOURSELF IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU WILL EXPAND YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON ISRAEL.  I had my favorite question that I liked to ask:  "why can't people be tolerant of one another and why can't ...

Easter Sunday
Mar 23, 2008

... to a service at an Episcopal Church with one of the folks from the Palm Hostel.  Turns out later he developed the Jerusalem Complex, writing "I am the Messiah" on walls.  A fellow hosteller tried to convince him otherwise, but to no avail as he ...

Afterward Part 2: Personal Themes and Takeaways
Jun 22, 2008

"Every traveler brings back a different lesson.  And every traveler brings back the same lesson, which is self-discovery."   By Joseph Dispenza, The Way of the Traveler "One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking ...

Jerusalem - old city
Jul 22, 1975 (65 photos)

Tanks...bombs...bloodshed. That's Israel in the media. I lived in Jerusalem for a year. And only two years after the Yom Kippur War. Never saw any of that. Neither did anybody I knew. Or anybody that they knew. As a 12-year-old kid, I actually left ...

Purim!
Mar 21, 2008 (9 photos)

... Book of Esther recounts the tale of a beautiful woman, Esther, who becomes the queen of King Ahasuerus of Babylon, after Jerusalem fell.  Esther's cousin Mordecai was growing in importance in the royal court.  This stirred the thoughts of Haman, ...

Day 28: Knesset, Supreme Court, Israel Museum
Jun 12, 2008 (6 photos)

... with the Dead Sea Scrolls!  We didn't expect it to be such a full long day! But that's how things go here in Jerusalem.   You go to a place, get interested in what you are seeing and time just flies by! Harvey is playing his guitar. & ...

Day 24: To Jerusalem
Jun 8, 2008 (3 photos)

... that you can look to the left and see the walls of the old city, and look to the right and see the barrier dividing Jerusalem from the West Bank. Harvey is uncomfortable, and doesn't like the vibes and wants to get out.  Really I think he has had ...

Jerusalem: The Land of Milk and Honey
Jan 13, 2008 (15 photos)

... hours of sleep as my bed covers no more than 83% of my body while the bed itself reaches mid-way down my calf at best. Jerusalem!  Today we did a walking tour of the old city.  While we didn't quite cover as much ground as we did when I was ...

Stations of the Cross
Mar 21, 2008 (20 photos)

... , where all the Catholic and Orthodox churches share space.  This isn't always peaceful: while we were in Jerusalem, the Armenians stormed Jesus' tomb and locked themselves inside, apparently wanting more rights to use the tomb. Station Eleven: ...

Israeli hiker's body found in Yunnan
Dec 2, 2008 (1 photos)

... He slipped into a very rough river," his father said. Kidron served in an elite army unit and was planning to begin a degree in psychology and humanities at Hebrew University in Jerusalem this year. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1042705.html

Day 32: Archaelogical Park, Western Wall Tunnel
Jun 16, 2008 (7 photos)

... , so we go about trying to find a resolution. I ask for someone to speak with and the attendant suggests we call the Jerusalem Municipality Information Office.  I speak with Edith who is very sympathetic, but the only thing she can do is give me the ...

Day 31: Archaelogical Dig at Beit Guvrin
Jun 15, 2008 (6 photos)

...  http://www.touryoav.org.il which does have English pages.  For us, that will have to wait for a return trip to Israel. Back in Jerusalem, we take a quick shower and walk over to the Tower of David.  What a place to be at sunset! And what ...

The Divide
May 2, 2008

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City of David
Mar 22, 2008 (11 photos)

On another day in Jerusalem, Linda from Israel Parks and Nature and I went to an alternative archaeology tour of the City of David, where we learned about the area from Alphie Greenberg, an archaeologist based in Tel Aviv for many years.  Unlike ...

Day 25:Tower of David Museum,Enrico Macias Concert
Jun 9, 2008 (6 photos)

... ). We decide to go to the Tower of David Museum for a few hours to get an introduction and historical overview of Jerusalem.  It is open on this holiday.  After the positive experience with the national park pass, we consider getting the Holy ...

Good to see you again JC
May 1, 2008

· Jerusalem, Israel · GMT +2:00hrs Entry to follow...soon!

Afterward Part 3: Touchstones
Jun 23, 2008

"There is only one journey.  Going inside yourself." By Rainer Maria Rilke This is my list of touchstones that I reference now and again while traveling.  It's purpose is to keep me centered and grounded and remind me of what is important.& ...