Shalom,
Randal and I did a "formal" one day tour of the Old City, and I did read the biography of Jerusalem by Montefiore, but mostly we have just wandered around and looked and, after the fact, I’ve done some research. We don’…
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Ramparts walk south part 1
Jerusalem Ramparts Walk: Northern Route
Shalom,
A week or so ago we had a visit from one of the many people who are quite curious about our boat. We invited him aboard and had a lovely chat. His name is Avi and he and Eve, who had been on our boat for dinner, discove…
Flotsam & Jetsam
(Continued…)
The best humus joint in Israel and maybe the worst bus terminal
Shalom,
It has been a really nice few days so I was in a really good mood when I sat down to finish this email. Then our "neighbors" off across the dock next to Eve’s boat turned on their music loud enough to blast us o…
Jerusalem Mazkeret Moshe
Shalom,
Up until now Randal and I have been really Gung Ho! about our cruising life. But now, for some reason, we have hit a snag. We have been off traveling since November 2006 when we left Roanoke with a one way ticket for China. Since t…
Ashod Stuff
Shalom,
It’s Sunday; the first day of the work week.
In Hebrew my name is Rut. There’s no th sound here. When I have to give my name in a cafe and I say Ruth, they just look at me surprised. Eve told me to sa…
Fish flies
One morning we woke up to discover the deck of Diesel Duck strewn with large insects. These were fish flies that are not common to the Toronto area and totally new to us. Washing them off only helped somewhat, as there were more of them all around. …
Building a nest for the summer in Canada
Has anybody been wondering what we have been up to for the last month? We were working our butts off at our construction site, aka our house. It’s an older house and before we make it all nice and homey inside, we made it worse by tearing down ceil…
A very long email about the Bauhaus in Tel Aviv
Shalom,
Our marina internet comes and goes, though thankfully, with our big booster antenna, we have it most of the time. Today we found out that only Israeli citizens can buy dongels to use with their computer. Eve asked as a …
Update from Israel
Shalom,
We have our motorbike on the road! Yippee. Eve had volunteered to help us but we needed one more person and there aren’t so many people here to ask. Luckily two men came along curious about Doramac and after…
