A few days ago we were en route to Jerusalem from a Druze village in the north, tight against the Syrian border. There was bloody fighting here in 1973, a surprise attack on the Israelis from Syria on Yom Kippur. The Israelis were apparently caught unawares and as a consequence were fighting for their survival….
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And now, Israel. ~~ December 18, 2017
Five days into our Israeli trip already. I am snug in bed in the Golan Heights, trying to assemble the last few days in my mind. I’ll just throw out the highlights, to bring us to now. We left Beirut on the 14th. Easy travel through Amman, no grilling by immigration on our entrance to…
Bye Bye, Beirut ~~ December 16, 2017
We woke up in Nazareth this morning, in an old mansion, once owned by a prosperous Christian, now converted to a guest house for tourists and pilgrims. The last few days have been tightly packed and I was trying to finish a textbook chapter, so that was where all my writing efforts went. No time…
Food, Food, Food ~~December 11, 2017
And more food. Yesterday was a walking food tour of Beirut. We ate ourselves silly and learned a ton about Beirut and Lebanon from Iffat, our truly amazing, warm and wonderful guide from Taste Lebanon. She spent the day with us, from 10:30 am to 8:30 pm (when we even got a peek at the…
Dinner by the sea ~~ Babel Bay ~~ December 10, 2017
I’ve eaten a lot of meals sitting by, or even floating on, the Mediterranean. Wonderful meals, kissed by salty sea breezes in France, in Spain, in Greece, in Croatia, in Turkey, in Italy, in Israel. Today I added a country I was never quite sure I would get to. Lebanon. In Beirut’s Babel Bay we…
Ship’s Galley Tour: Someone’s in the kitchen with Chef Kurt ~~ July 5, 2017
It may be a cruise staple but the galley tour is one of my favorite things about cruising (right up there along with shopping with the chef.) We stayed on board yesterday. We weren’t feeling too excited about Crotone, I wanted to make a start on a book proposal and J had a review to…
and away she goes.... 