Nazareth Gardens Hotel

... op de drie dagen Rosh Hoshana, besloten we dat maar te doen, en dan op vrijdag naar Jordanie te vluchten..<br><br> Vanuit Haifa namen we de Arabobus naar Nazareth. "to the church? the big church?" "sure... shukran!". Zo stonden we midden op een marktplein, maar ons hostel was de bekendste van het stadje, dus zo gevonden. Het is inderdaad, zoals aangeprezen, erg mooi, in een oude arabische mansion, met fijne koele binnenplaats en keuken met alles dr in en gratis gebakjes.<br ...

... hell I was going! I then walked the further 30 mins and made it to the shops. After asking a load of people for the address (they were all Russian) I finally found Avivs place.<br><br><br>Aviv is a cool girl and I instantly got along with her. We had a drink then she walked me to Idits place who was cooking with her Bro and his friend. We had a really nice Lasagne made with Fetta cheese and I got to meet Idit who is a wonderfully kind and thoughtful person. She is to be married toon to ...

... try. Oh well, at least I got to see the place.<br>Stopping at an officer's pool on the way, we drove on to Yodfat, where Maria (my friend from high school in Oman) lives. So now I'm staying with her and her husband. Yodfat is a small village, which was initially set up by a group of hippies, of which only one remains. The people who live here now are still quite excentric. A lot of them own goats or chickens, grow their own vegetables.. They have music making ...

... mir ziemlich schleierhaft, ebenso, wie schnell ich nach sechs Wochen angenehmer Sesshaftigkeit wieder zum Rucksackreisen finden werde.<br><br>Abgesehen vom Jesus Trail waren die letzten Tage vollkommen normal. Was aber jetzt einsetzt, ist das Ende der "alten Garde" hier im Fauzi, denn nachdem Thomas uns letzten Montag verlassen hat, sind ab morgen auch ich und am Freitag Annika und Sarah weg. Vor zwei Tagen erreichte ...

... wieder nach Jordanien bzw. Israel komme, wird das eines der ersten Dinge sein, die ich tun werde! Dann werd ich auch eine Behandlung in echt originalem Totes-Meer-Schlamm ueber mich ergehen lassen, denn das ist hier in Israel der totale Renner und wegen der vielen Mineralien im Matsch auch nicht zu verachten.<br><br>Aber am gestrigen Donnerstag wurde es dann richtig geil: Ein Gedi Nature Reserve. Dabei handelt es sich um eine riesige Oase mitten im Ofen des ...

... with Eli. I remember the photos that his mom send me of him and it was nice to put a real face to the print finaly. As soon as we met, we dropve up the university to get an amazing view of the city of Haifa. We mde tea, looked at the start --&gt; he told me about how to find the North Star; as well as other thing I cannot remember at this time, but I found it absolutely fascinating that he knew all of it. We sat at this beautiful view for a bit longer, then headed down to the ...

... since it's still their holiday &amp; we noticed they have very little regard for others...not as a general rule, but some that we encountered just had no consideration for others. The movie was interesting &amp; entertaining with drops of water and fans making us "feel" some of the descriptions in the movie. also, there was a sign in the building that has arrows Left-Israel, Right-Lebanon, since this is right on the border. There's a naval base ...

... and hopped on the bus to Tiberias. From Tiberias, Travis and I had intended to bicycle around the famous sea, but expense and ease of travel and the fact that it was really hot led us to go with Jean-Baptiste by bus. It was actually cheaper for both of us to go by bus than to rent one bicycle for the day. Sometimes life doesn't make sense. The bus dropped us at the crossroads and we made our way down to the Church of the Loaves and the Fishes ...

... realized that we had missed out on a special experience and had let our own cultural frame of reference color our choice. We remembered an experience on our honeymoon in Greece where we were driving in a very remote area and pulled into a tiny village. Our car was surrounded by a group of teenagers and small children. At the time, we were afraid and withdrew. After talking about that at the time, we had decided that if that ever happened again, we ...