In the afternoon, we got a ride out to the ancient Herodian fortress of Masada and several camels greated us on the side of the road)
A bedouin shepherd tending his flocks of sheep and goats on the barren plain just outside Arad
Here you can see a bedouin settlement that periodically dot the wilderness landscape
We weren’t...
After some semi-stressful figuring out of schedules for Israeli Buslines, we headed down to Arad by way of Beersheva. It was dark by the time we got to Beersheva, and Jacob and I hungry and tired desperately tried to find our next bus even though all we could find were Hebrew signs. So I dug...
So ensues the first installment of photos. To break up the gazillions I have to post, I will be posting everyday in the coming week.
Upon our arrival in Jerusalem, our dear friend Mary cooked us a wonderful Shabbat supper in her apartment. Jacob was so happy to fully fill himself after our skimping on food...
Yes, I promise I’ve been working on them…I’ll be getting them up soon, but for now here’s a teaser taken down in the Negev, down in the barren wilderness near the Dead Sea…
Wow….I’ve been terribly about keeping up with the posts on our trip, but seeing that we didn’t have prolonged availabilty of the internet, I’ve had to wait til our return to post.
So, we are now back in the great USA. 5 days of Italy. 2 weeks of Israel. And even a little of Germany. Incredible....
