Today was a fabulous day, but the schedule was a killer. I left at 6:00 am with a really nice driver from the travel agency here at the hotel, drove through what continues to be shockingly unbelievable traffic for four hours [Today, camel carts–yes, camels pulling carts–and cows/buffalo wandering across the roads were added to…… Continue reading Highs & Lows
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Taking it Easy in Delhi
Well, after more hours traveling than I care to remember, I made it to my hotel in Delhi last night [this morning, rather] at 2:00 am! I don’t think I have ever been so happy to see any human being as I was to see the gentleman from the hotel holding a sign with my…… Continue reading Taking it Easy in Delhi
Summoning My Younger Self
As I have been getting ready for my trip Monday, and giving myself the aforementioned pep-talks on a daily basis, I was thinking about another overseas adventure I had some years ago, when I was much younger. When I was at Warburg Seminary, I spent the academic year of 1994/1995 studying overseas in Germany. There…… Continue reading Summoning My Younger Self
Readiness
I am what my mother calls a “belt-and-suspenders” person. By that, I mean someone who, when wanting to secure their pants, doesn’t trust either a belt or suspenders alone, but uses both, just to make sure. It is not enough to have a “plan A,” I also like to have a “plan B” and even…… Continue reading Readiness
Looking for Signs
As most of my friends and family members know by this point, I am a little nervous for my upcoming trip to India: not the “hyperventilating, can’t sleep at night, panic-attack” kind of nervous, nor the “I-wish-I-weren’t-going” king of nervous, but more like the “WOW—am I really ready for this?!“ kind of nervous—the kind of…… Continue reading Looking for Signs
Dreaming Bigger and Better
I am finally ready to start blogging again–I needed to give myself [and everyone else!] a break after the daily Israel posts. [I think when I am posting from India–I leave Feb. 27th–I won’t post QUITE as long, and I think I have even figured out how to do paragraphs. That, along with the pictures,…… Continue reading Dreaming Bigger and Better
Technology!
Now that I am home, I am trying to figure out how to post pictures before I leave for India next month! And, like so many other things–there’s an app for that! So, this is just a test, with a couple of my favorite pictures of little Henry–who, by the way, I will be flying…… Continue reading Technology!
Pictures from January 22
Another mezuzah – this time on the Jaffa GateSt. George’s CathedralThere are mezuzahs on almost all of the 7 Gates into JerusalemAbsalom’s PillarThe Sons of Hezir Tomb and the Pyramid of Zechariah
Leave-Taking & Home-Coming
I said goodbye to Jerusalem this morning, and I have turned my face toward home. The rain that was predicted held off until noon, so I was able to have one more nice run around the city walls, and one more nice long walk through the city. I managed to sneak in one new site…… Continue reading Leave-Taking & Home-Coming
Pictures from January 21
Another one by GullvagHere is HandalaAdd one more!One of the paintings by Hakon GullvagThe church ceilingThe view of JerusalemThe view from the church tower (see the wall?)Augusta Victoria ChurchAt Augusta VictoriaThe Messianic Jewish congregationMy Shabbat hostsKol HaneshamaA Segway tour in Jerusalem!
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