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"Ab** Oren, du hast nicht etwa geplant, in die CH zu gehen?? (keine Antwort). Das kannst du uns nicht antun, dann haben wir hi** nichts mehr zu leben. Oren meinte mal zwischen drein...nun ja, Pension in d** Schweiz ist ja auch nicht schlecht...da hat sie fast einen Infarkt gekriegt: Sag uns jetzt sofort, ob da irgendwas geplant ist?? was machst du dann mit den Kind**n? Und Mussa meinte: Kann sich Lena hi** an die Mentalität gew ...

... Jewish owner and staff treated us like special guests bringing us a few special foods to sample for no extra charge.

We reached the airport rental car return very easily and had a nice secure spot to reshuffle our luggage in preparation for the flight. Once inside there were quite a lot of time consuming steps before boarding. Passport check, check-in baggage security, baggage check-in and ...

The second day in Haifa, we headed up to north to Akko first, stopping in at their old city, walking through the Templar Tunnels and seeing the Crusader's Citadel. Very cool engineering. Check out all the pictures. And we headed into the market where I had my first falafel...really really good falafel! Oh and I recommend buying the combo ticket that gives you access to Rosh Hanikra and the cable car ride...'cuz that's where we headed next.

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... and we were on our way up the top of the mountain to get to the entrance to the Gardens.

Let me take this moment to say that Israel has all their roads backwards....in most places, the cities have straight, grid-like roads, and between the cities the roads curve and bend. Not in Israel. In Israel, the roads in the cities twist and turn so much a homing pigeon would get lost. And between the cities, the roads are grid ...

... Ostens, verteilt auf die beiden Taeler Wadi David und Wadi Arugot, die jeweils den Berg hoch in die Wueste Judaeas hineinverlaufen. In ihnen herunter fliessen zahlreiche Fluesse, die fuer ueppige Vegetation und - mit Sicherheit der running gag meiner Reise - unzaehlige Wasserfaelle sorgen. Wenn man aber die Heerscharen von israelischen Schulklassen ab dem Vormittag vermeiden will, muss man auch dafuer frueh raus. Aber es lohnt sich absolut! Schon gleich nach ...

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This is where I went berserk. The guy on the name was Professor X himself, finished with his Taglit trip and taking a few days away from his lodgings in Tzafat. The Professor came to visit me the next day here in my dorm at the Weizmann, and we enjoyed a great night catching up, telling the same old stories, and remarking on how funny it was that we were both spending time living halfway around the globe after having shared a fraternity ...

... was how they got their water -- in this case it was from underground springs miles away in the hills. The aqueducts built at the time were marvels of engineering allowing the water to continually flow down hill for miles as it flowed right into the bathhouses miles away. We ended our day hiking a trail up to the Ein Tzur aqueduct which dates from the first century BCE and still flows today! Thursday morning we ...

Sunday was our first day of digging. We were up in time to be on the two busses at 04:55 when they pull out. Most of us are getting up around 04:30, leaving just enough time to pull clothes on, brush teeth, gather necessities for the work day and walk to the parking lot. I pour a cup of instant coffee into a travel mug, to sip on the drive in. The dark sky is just beginning to brighten in the east as we arrive in the kibbutz parking lot. We file on the waiting busses ...

... you can guess, sleep was not plentiful that night - in fact it was non-existent. Bridget resumes...... 5th June We are now in Israel so there is some catching up to do! We arrived in Syria eventually and had a wonderful time exploring inland which included an overnight stay in Damascus. That was a real treat as we stayed in a 5 star hotel. It had a bath and carpet on the floor - luxury!!! After 3 days we moved on to Lebanon which was a ...

... takes only a few minutes before a group of young girls come up to Harvey wanting to have their photos taken! With lots of smiles on everyone's faces, we take their pictures and show them what they look like in the photo. There seem to be a lot of school groups traveling this time of year. And being a tourist carrying a camera clearly in site, and a smile on your face, is a sure way to meet them! After the students leave, we continue to ...