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Israel – Day 7 : Ein Gedi
Happy Independance Day! Although Liz begged me not to and Liz’s father told her not to, I convinced Liz to travel past Ramalah thru the West Bank. I mean Steven said it was OK and so did the very nice … Continue reading
Israel – Day 5/6 : Jerusalem
7/2/08 We started our tour of Jerusalem with Yad Vashem (the Holocaust Museum). This was a last-minute change from our original plan, but it worked in our favor as otherwise we would have been right in the path of the … Continue reading
Israel – SideNote : Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Tel Aviv
Wow, the next days of our trip in Jerusalem, the Dead Sea and Tel Aviv were amazing, spiritual, overwhelming and unfortunately incredibly painful. At this point, my mouth was in a considerable amount of pain. After a number of phone … Continue reading
Israel – Day 4 : Yehudiya Nature Reserve/Galilee
Arguably the most challenging hike we would do let me give you an excerpt from our guide book. ‘a challenging trail designed for competent hikers and swimmers and definitely not for those with vertigo (like Liz)…Slightly further on you’ll reach … Continue reading
Israel – Day 3 : Banias Falls/Metula
We got an early start the next day for our first of three major hikes in Israel, Banias Falls. By all accounts it was the easiest of the three we would do and took us a fraction of the time … Continue reading
Israel – Day 2 : Akko, Rosh Hanikra, Tsfat
Early start Saturday morning… We had to get thru the fort city of Acre (Akko), the grotto at Rosh Hanikra, the ‘mystic’ city of Tsfat before finally getting to El Hagoshrim Kibbutz were we get to spend 2 nights. Akko … Continue reading
Israel – Day 1 : Caeserea/Haifa
4 hours on the tarmac, a 12 hour flight, another hour in the car and we finally made it to the first destination of our Israel Teen Tour ’94 on Shabbat, June 28, 2008. Unfortunately we are only able to … Continue reading
Israel and Greece – June ’08
Summer ’08 and Liz and I are off to Israel and Greece for two weeks. Israel is the first stop and we will be spending 10 days there before we head to Greece for a half day in Athens before … Continue reading
Vail – Feb. ’08
I’ve created a monster. Only her third year on ski’s and Liz is already ready to tackle the back bowls of Vail. We are heading off to visit Jill in Denver, before a week of skiing at Vail. The posts … Continue reading
Vietnam/China – Feb. ‘08 (Liz’s solo)
I graduated! and am off to tour Japan, Vietnam and China for just under 3 week… 6/15/07-7/4/07 Japan: Tokyo Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Nha Trang Hoi An Hanoi Halong Bay China: Shanghai Beijing