Olive Tree Hotel

... snapped her up and taken her with him to the US. The third barmaid of indelible memory was Trang. A witty customer nicknamed her 'Olive Oil' because of her extreme thinness. Trang had a merry little face and was ever-cheerful. I have a very nice photograph ...

... amphora, and other ancient artefacts associated with oil processing. There is also some good displays setting out facts around olive tree cultivation that Trevor is particularly interested in. After a quick lunch, we make a short drive to Mystras - ...

... ;On Thursday we spent time packing and pinicing together at a local park. We pulled 3 suitcases and a backpack over to the Olive Tree Hotel to be stored until our return. And now, today, we are in Tiberias where it is very green and far ...

Dear Friends, We arrived in Tel Aviv and took a taxi to the Olive Tree hotel, were we are staying till Monday.  Our first meal in Jerusalem was great.  They have more ways of serving vegetables and salads than I have ever seen.  We spent ...

... Emmaus to have our last lunch in the lovely sunlit dining room around an ancient olive tree giving our beautiful Olive Tree Hotel its name. Patricio and Damian show up with official looking "pilgrim certificates" and roses for the ladies. There ...

... time.  We are ready to spend some quality time in study, reflection, prayer, and volunteering.  We will be at the Olive tree hotel for 4 days and then go to our studio apt.  The Apt is about 5 minuets walk from the Damascus gate at the Old ...

... in the west and created a beautiful backdrop for the mountains of the Holy Land. We reach Jerusalem in the early evening at the Olive Tree Hotel. But our day is not yet done. We have dinner and again return to our tour. This evening we will be going ...

... local restaurant where we left our vegetables to be cooked for our lunch, and were told that we also needed garlic, cilantro, and olive oil.  Ab returned with those ingredients and we left to explore the souks of the medina.  About an hour ...

... of olive crops varies with weather conditions, fertilizer, pruning method and prevention of disease caused mainly by "dacos" the olive fly. Each tree produces a main crop on alternate years, unless pruned to produce a more consistent crop from half of ...

... conspired to eliminate the crop the last two years but in good years they make our favourite olive oil (especially the citron olive oil). Each tree produces 40-50kg of olives but this amounts to only a kilo of oil. They are also experimenting with taking ...

... Still, it is hard for me to focus and recollect, so I go outside to a corner of the garden and pray touching an old olive tree.  Next to the Garden is the Grotto of the Betrayal, a cave where the apostles are said to have fallen asleep "a ...

... curved as if they are striking an evocative pose while the wind ravages their ancient bodies. There is one scientifically documented olive tree in Crete that is over 2000 years old. The groves create this peaceful fantasy-like landscape that I couldn't ...

... oil producer.  In spite of this, the harvesting of olives is still largely manual and involves placing a large tarpaulin under the olive tree followed by whacking the tree with a stick so the olives fall on the tarp for collection.   At the ...

... more like Europe than Africa. It's hard to believe that in such a small country there can be desert, lush expanses of olive tree groves and farmland, and mountains topped with snow. The scenery today was mostly olive trees and farmland, green rolling ...

... to see an olive tree that is over 2,000 years old. A ship was wrecked here in 1026 and the survivors sought shelter under this olive tree that was already 1,000 years old at that time! It was the oldest living thing that either John or Rich have ever seen ...

... place he took us to was the site of where the last supper was held. The room is quite bare with only an alter with an olive tree given by the pope. The olive tree is to signify the Mount of Olives where Jesus was to be betrayed shortly after this supper. ...

... of Castello di Vezio, here is what I found. Grassed over dirt paths lined with rope-and-post fences wind up through the olive tree gardens to the compound. In the outer courtyard, two stone bench skeletons rest in their deaths. A tumble of crumbling ...

... excavate. The trees represent a family's livelihood for generations, even centuries, so no excavation can take place closer to an olive tree than two meters. Since the trees are planted about two and a half meters apart, often only exploratory trenches ...

... Roma of course) The first euro trip begins with Danielle and I going to Monopoli- a town that everywhere you look you can spot an olive tree,  to visit her dad and some of his cousins.  Our trip began when we had to wake up at 4 am to ...

... about the courtyard in Spanish... And I listened like a good student.  I almost asked her why there is only one olive tree. Time to head back to the hotel, need to repack. My train leaves at 11:20am ... But I want to read in the courtyard before I ...