Category Archives: Israel

Early morning…. Was at the airport 2:00am…. 20 mins later security, baggage drop and passport control done. 2 hours to boarding. Leaving 5:15am… Not much sleep…

So this is the last day. Leaving early tomorrow morning…, Time for breakfast soon. Then we will go for a walk. Meet up with the rest at the Carmel market later. Checked in and did a rough packing of my suitcase.

Volunteering this morning. Archeological dig later. After the hopefully beautiful sunset, a walk to Jaffa along the beach. Fun volunteering for Leket Israel. Packing cucumbers and removing bad leaves from cabbages. Archeological dig was fun as well. A bit dusty, though. One found some pottery with greek letters on it. Took a bit longer toContinue reading “Volunteering”

Driving through the desert back to Tel Aviv David Ben Gurion Air force museum Back in Tel Aviv

Hanging around in Eilat today… Also hiking for an hour. Actually we stay some 6km south of Eilat. Only 4km from the Egypt border. Nice day. Underwater Observatory – Dolphin Reef – Red Canyon

Moving on to the Red sea and Eilat. My first time in the area. Yotvata Hai Bar Timna – Tabernacle

Walk on snake path is cancelled due to bad weather. Done it before, so it was not too important. Probably there would have been too clouded to see any sunrise. Nice museum at the entrance. It gave a good overview over Masada. Could walk at my own pace. The audio adjusted to which room IContinue reading “Masada”

Leaving Jerusalem today, driving toward the dead sea. Will be a relaxing afternoon in the salt lake. First stop was Qumran, which is best known as the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered not so long ago. Located on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert approximately. Moving onContinue reading “Driving toward the dead sea”

Staying in Jerusalem for a few days, driving to sights in the area. VALLEY OF AYALON (EMEK AYALON) This is where Yehoshua and the Israelite army defeated a consortium of five Emorite armies in a battle in which two miracles took place. “Hashem rained down great stones from heaven upon them�more died from these hailstonesContinue reading “Starting on the tour”

We started out with breakfast, before taking our bus to the Dung gate. Walked into Davidson park for the ceremony. After the ceremony we walked up to a cafe to eat the bat mitzvah cake, which was transported from England. It looked superb and tested very well. Walked over to the Kotel for a behindContinue reading “Bat Mitzvah”