Back from Israel

Hi, I’m back from a week’s holiday in Israel. Vee and I went there with our very good American Jewish friend Eric – who lived there for 18 years – and his teenage son Yonatan. We rented a car and Vee did all the driving, so we were able to see varied parts of this contrasting society and meet lots of Eric’s interesting friends.
We started with visits to the holy city of Jerusalem, the ancient battle scene of Masada and the weird floating experience of the Dead Sea. We then travelled to the North where we twice called into the kibbutz on which Eric & Yonatan used to live, saw the Sea of Galilee and went up to the Golan Heights overlooking Syria. The last section of the trip was Tel Aviv where we visited a couple of historic museums, an art gallery and the next door ancient city of Jaffa.
All the time , we were abe to meet Israelis and hear their stories of how they came to Israel and what they thought of the country’s situation. It was an utterly fascinating and totally enjoyable experience and, over the next week or two, I’ll be writing up a travelogue here. First, I have to sort out over 1300 e-mails ….

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3 Comments

  • alex
    April 15th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    a: welcome back!
    b: much nicer picture now
    c: 1300 emails will keep you busy for a while.

  • Mavis
    April 15th, 2007 at 6:11 pm

    I am glad you are both back safely.
    Do you think you and Vee could just go somewhere relatively safe for your next trip. I do not appreciate anxious weeks.

  • Roger Darlington
    April 15th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    My next planned trip is to Bosnia, Mavis – but that’s safe now!