Our recent Sukkot holiday found us in one of the most beautiful areas of Israel. In the foothills of the Golan a series of rivers snake through the cliffs and canyons providing welcome relief to the searing heat in the summer and dramatic deluges in the winter and spring. The Hermon is Israel's highest…
I was looking at all the life
About 2 and a half hours south of Tel Aviv you will find yourself in the Arava. The desert plains of Israel. A thin strip of seeming nothingness but rocks and sand, jutting cliffs and mountains that appear to have been swept in on the last wind. Every Passover my family and friends go to…
The 3 legged camel
On our recent Passover trip to the desert we stayed in a campsite. It was not the kind of campsite I am used to staying in, it was what I would term 'glamping' (glamour camping). No we didn't all don high heels and dressed for dinner (only the boys), but because the tents were huge domed affairs…
7 fail safe ways to impress first time visitors to Israel.
Thank you to everyone who commented and shared this competition entry for http://www.expatblogs.com writing competition, no, I didn't win, but it's the taking part that counts right?! For those of you who didn't see it, here is my entry. Despite what you may see and read in the press there is a side to Israel that…
Jiggety Jog
As the plane touches down in Israel, especially if you fly with Israel's airline, the passengers applaud. The first time I heard it was the first time I visited in Israel way back in the late 90's and I figured I'd missed something - we were about to crash and the pilot had saved us?…
Reasons to Celebrate #5: Love
It seems only fitting that while the world around me goes mad, I should remind myself of the reason I am here in the first place. Love. Yeah you can scoff, but as life ticks on its worth remembering, as da Vinci said, ‘Life without love is no life at all’. Fifteen years ago in…
Reasons to Celebrate # 2: Friends part 2
click here for part 1 Scott didn't seem overly pleased to see us. The reason was probably that he'd spun such an enormous web of lies back in the UK that he knew he was going to be caught out when we arrived. We stayed in the Granny flat attached to his house so we had our…
Reasons to Celebrate # 2: Friends part 1
By the age of 40 you know absolutely the value of a good friendship. I have one particular friend; we’ll call her Rachel (because that’s her name) who I met on the first day of University. In the second year summer break we went on a life changing trip to Kenya. This is our story…
Reasons to celebrate #1: Experience
There are times when I think; thank goodness I am older and wiser. I am less likely to get myself in the scrapes I did as a youngster. Experience counts for a lot at any age and although I owe a lot of my better judgement to age and experience I also owe a lot…
39 and Counting 