Another beautiful, sunny, warm day in Jerusalem – and it’s winter! The wonderful pastries we bought last night from a vendor in the Jewish Quarter turned out to be NOT sweet. The round one that looked like a cinnamon roll was actually a pizza roll and the one that we thought was berry filled was…
Tag: Promised Land
The Dead Sea and Salt Pillars – February 9
When we travel, we like to rent apartments through airbnb. We do this because in many ways it’s less expensive than hotels, but we also enjoy being ‘in the culture’ and meeting people. This time we decided to rent a car rather than be completely dependent on public transportation and taxis. From our arrival in…
Jerusalem – February 6
We have arrived in the Promised Land. The sun is shining and we’re feeling rather warm after being in blistering cold for the past several days. We leave the plane and walk through a beautiful international terminal in Tel Aviv. There’s virtually no Customs and we receive our Visas with our Passport. Israel is…
Snow – February 5
We woke up to snow, snow, and more snow. My Canadian friends are always posting about the snow and I’ve had a taste of their weather. No sunshine for a couple of days is not enough Vitamin D for me. We had plans to go to downtown Toronto and maybe go up the CV…