Shalom

I hope you enjoy my travel journal, which documents my recent trip to Israel. Currently there aren't many pictures posted - something I'm trying to remedy. In the meantime I hope you enjoy the read. ~ Lemuel

... doors and told us to remain in the car until he arrived as it was not safe. Wow, we had quickly forgotten where we were. Shalom!!! Safely back in Israeli territory, we headed to the capital city of the Holy Land, Jerusalem. Here we got to say shalom to ...

... Church now is home to an Anglican church and a Messanic Jewish Congregation as well as a guest house, bookstore and museum. Finally Shalom our guide arrived.   He was excellent, a serious man who was an ex IDF paratrooper.   A former ...

... just dumb founded at every point of guest contact in the lack of courtesy and more so in the lack of even a "hello" or "shalom" from the bell staff, restaurant waiters or the concierge.  Wanda and I stayed at the Shalom Ramada Hotel in 1980.  ...

Shalom! Shabot Shalom Tel Aviv, Israel Friday afternoon... everyone is getting ready for shabot, which was what I figured to be a big deal. Yet, in Tel Aviv the main influence shabot seemed to have was that no buses were running, the beach was really ...

... win big and Likud should add seats to its majority in the Knesset. As for me, I am hopefully going to volunteer for shalom achshav, the peace now movement here in Israel, handing out various things and signing petitions. If nothing else, I should learn ...

... of intimadation but I have yet to feel that, everyone is used to it goes about with their business. Today, we are going back in time and visiting the Old City which is divided into quarters; Christian, Armenian, Jewish and Muslim. Shalom everyone, ...

... a little old man. "Shabbat Shalom," he greets us, a small smile appearing on his face. Familiar words. A breath of relief. "Shabbat Shalom" we reply, handshakes exchanged...And I wonder to myself, what the hell am I doing here? But I know. I am ...

... for my Canadian driving--OK so I chose not to drive on the sidewalks the way they do!). I took each toot as a "shalom" greeting from a Tel Aviv driver, and smiled and waved in return. Seriously, driving there was so stressful, between the countless ...

Hi Kids! Red here in Jerusalem. There is so much history here and it's also the site of current events that are often in the news. President Bush was here just last week! Shalom, ...

Shalom everyone!  We have landed in Israel and we are knocked out!  We will update more later (and add the pictures tomorrow) but Leon's family is wonderful and they all had signs waiting for us at the airport - it was a really nice ...

Shalom! We've arrived in Israel. Today was mostly logistical. There are 39 people on our birthright trip (organized by Israel Experts tour group). We have 6 awesome staff: 2 volunteer staff, who came with us from NY, 1 local tour guide, 2 armed guards, ...

... at that) on his several ipods) and the two Dutch guys Marco and Patrick whose catchphrases "we got this!" and "everything is shalom" had us all pissing ourselves laughing. They also kept us laughing with the on-going joke that the trip was actually meant ...

... , singers and dancers.  Imagine my surprise when these musicians started playing and singing a popular Israeli folk song - Hevenu Shalom Aleichem "We Bring You Peace."  I thought this was a relatively recent song of the sabra and kibbutzim and I ...

... you to those who read this blog, and especially those of you who have commented or sent notes or let me know you enjoyed it, which was very gratifying. I hope you all get to see Israel some day soon, and include me in your travel correspondence. ...

Shalom !  We have finally made it to Israel !   We actually got here last night, but didn't figure out til todaythat we actually have WIRELESS access in our apartment and so could be connected to the world again ! Here's the lowdown on the past ...