Jerusalem Kibbutzs - Reviews and Rates

Monday, October 5, 2009, C.E.

Beit Hashoeva. The Birkat Cohenim – the priestly blessing at the Kotel. We walked. The boys scootered. With the Old City closed to cars, at least for the most part, they had the roads to themselves. They may start a trend of scootering through the Old City, but somehow I doubt it. We dropped the scooter...

One of the things I've missed from home so far are the fall mountain bike rides. Well, a few days ago, Cisco, Amir and I actually got some great singletrack biking here in Israel around Mt. Carmel. I really enjoyed it, and though the bike I had wasn't quite as good as my ride back home, the views of the Mediterranean made up for it. So many site...

Alan, Marcia and Veronica venture to the Holy Land during the festive time of Sukkot to visit Jessica - who is working on her Middle East Studies degree at Tel Aviv University - and to catch up with how our friends are doing in the aftermath of the energy crisis, the Wall Street crisis, and the Israeli political crisis. We have four main goals f...

Dear freinds, As we left the hotel this morning, we were greeted by sunshine and a real coolness to the air. Michael had the map in his pocket and had hopes that it would stay there until we really needed it. We have been paying close attention to landmarks each day that we have walked since reading and understanding the road signs has been diff...

September 9th (Written on this day... have had internet access in a long time so i couldn't put up this entry sooner) Wow, a lot of things have gone on in just the past three days so please do prepare yourself for yet another long and intense travel blog entry. Friday: woke up at a pretty decent time, only to be ready to leave at 9 to go to the ...

I took a break for shabbat to collect my thoughts and present them in a clear and appropriate way, however, the last three days have been quite crazy. Thursday night is where it all when down... I spent the afternoon with my friend, who I have mild sexual tension that we haven't acted on. He made dinner and we hung out and chatted, both not sure...

It's certainly been a long time since I was in Israel, the first of my exciting travelling experiences, but I shall never forget it. I believe this country touches everyone who visits it, no matter their religion and culture. For me, a Christian, all the Bible stories I had grown up with came alive, and given a concrete context and setting. I re...