Tag Archives: Israel 2015

Last day for now. I am returning home to work. Has been a great vacation, with lots of walking. Excluding the two first and the last day, I’ve walked an average of 8.17km per. day.  116350 steps.  Much of the time with blisters on my heel and a knee that hurts.  Quite much colder atContinue reading “Day #12 — return”

Breakfast done. Time to make a plan for the day. Maybe walk down to the excavations at the wall? Should be safe in that part of the old city. Probably should do some shopping. Last full day. Maybe a few hours tomorrow.  View toward mount of olives Walked to the kotel. Taking a look atContinue reading “Day 11 — old city”

Car alarm going off. Nobody stops it. Hmm. Still dark. 03:35.  Same repeats two hours later. Trucks starting to move into the area. Today is Friday prayer in the old city, so I’m waiting another day till the tension hopefully has been reduced. A good day going to the zoo. I.e. not as in walkingContinue reading “Day #9 — yawn”

Cloudy and windy day, it seems. Definitely colder than in Tel Aviv.  Sort of nice as well since I am walking a lot.   Lots of unrest yeaterday. If I hadn’t heard about it in the news I wouldn’t have known anything about it. Reckon today will be more quiet.  Plan on going to aContinue reading “Day #8 — indoor”

It has been raining today and is quite cold compares to Tel Aviv.  Hopefully the sun will arrive soon Had breakfast,  so need to make a plan, I guess. Listening in to a discussion in the lobby about where to go. Looking in a brochure to see if there are any trips I want toContinue reading “Day #7 — raining”

Relaxed well yesterday. Ready for some more walking. So far no plans, except for looking at some t-shirts at the Dizengoff mall.  Had the ordinary breakfast with a green salad, scrambled eggs, a glass of juice and some bread. Skipped the tea today. Nice day So I did not pay attention to the calendar.  It’sContinue reading “Day #5”

Last day in the white city. had breakfast already and are hanging around in the lobby. Most people seem to have checked out.  Cannot check in the new hotel before 3pm, so waiting as long as possible. Need to fill up the SIM card so I can manage without free wifi.  Probably not open beforeContinue reading “Day #6 – moving”

Early breakfast before 9… Busses are waiting for two groups outside. Guessing a spanish and possibly a Norwegian group.  No plans today. Maybe I’ll walk to the Bauhaus area. I guess I will be googling after breakfast.   Eh? One of the busses just left empty…?  Still got sore heels. Found a blister on eachContinue reading “Day #4”

Late start. Figured there would be a crowd for breakfast. Quite many coming late as well.  Not many plans for the day. Will start walking in a direction and see where it leads too.    Yellow label seems to be the only tea available in the hotel. Haven’t drunk it much since the 70’s. IContinue reading “Day #3”

Breakfast at 8.  Walking over to Dizengoff shopping mall. They don’t open till 10 so waiting a bit before I get out.  Have checked out Dizengoff mall. Did not find anything. Walked Dizengoff to Frishman st and Ben Yehuda.  Finally bought some sun blocker and the SIM card.  So will it be enough with 1Gb?Continue reading “Day #2”