Shalom,
The horrible blaring music has stopped and the silence is ringing in my ears. Perhaps there is a prohibition on noise on Friday night. I hope so. It is so amazing. The marina looked like a scene from, if not Anima…
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Today in Ashdod
Some photos of Ashod
Shalom,
Soon I’ll be writing to you in Hebrew! I had my first Hebrew lesson today. I spent about an hour or so with Eve and she taught me how to print and read and pronounce the letters. It will take me forever to learn the dif…
Friends say good-bye
Shalom,
Charmaine and Linda are on their way back to Canada and other adventures. The boat feels empty. I looked at two mugs in the strainer and realized I will always think of them as Charmaine and Linda’s mugs. Bu…
Celebrations
Shalom,
It’s Saturday so most everything is closed and there are no buses. We walked the lovely promenade along the beach. Then two of the English Speakers Club of Ashdod members came to visit Eve and us. We all walked th…
A fun day in Jaffa
Shalom,
Today we met many Israelis. This morning we went to the weekly meeting of the English Speakers Club of Ashdod held at Cafe Hillel in the City Mall. We were welcomed and included and we’ll go back next Friday. …
Beit Hatfutsot Museum of the Diaspora
Shalom
In about 30 minutes we’re walking across the dock to have dinner on the boat of our friend Eve. She is making falafel for us. It was on Eve’s boat that we had Chinese food and blintz wrapped egg-rolls for Passover. Tomorrow we&…
Visiting some Israeli Military Museums
May 31, 2012
Ashdod Marina
Israel
Shalom from Ashdod,
Yesterday we rolled our way to Ashdod, as in roll to the port side then roll to the starboard side, then roll to the port side, then starboard, then port, then starboard from when we le…
another passage completed
Wednesday 23 May we motored the Oswego Canal and it’s locks from Brewerton to the town of Oswego on the south shore of Lake Ontario. (Continued…)
Jericho and Bethlehem
Shalom,
We have been in Israel almost a month and my expertise on the Israeli-Palistinian question is less than zero. I say less than zero because I really know nothing but have a bias towards Israel. Add to that the fact that I was …
The lighter side of Jerusalem
Shalom,
I just finished cooking our dinner for tonight, kugel to celebrate Shavouot. Instead of a sweet kugel I sauteed onions, red peppers and some winter squash and mixed that in with the cottage cheese, white creamy Israeli cheese and 4 …
