This year’s garden wasn’t perfect, by any means, but the hot peppers- all of them in pots on the front patio of the Elkhorn Inn this year- did great! When October arrived, and frost was imminent, with the pepper plants still covered in peppers, as they always are, Dan did Read more
On the way from Vered HaGalil (“Rose of Galiliee”) horse ranch to Haifa, Dan & I went to Megiddo – Armageddon– a place I hadn’t been since I’d toured Israel with my father in 1973! The ongoing archaeological excavations at Tel Megiddo National Park make it a truly an extraordinary place to Read more
During our marvelous month in Israel, thanks to American Associates of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, we spent several days at the beautiful Vered HaGalil “Rose of the Galilee” horse riding ranch in the mountains of the Galil- a place I’d longed to visit since I was in the Read more
Horseback riding in the Galilee – Vered HaGalil During our amazing month in Israel, thanks to Ben Gurion University of the Negev, one of the places I had to take Dan (and finally experience myself!) was Vered HaGalil (“Rose of the Galilee), the magnificent (and first) “American-Style” horseback riding ranch Read more
The Artists Quarter, Safed Midway through our fabulous month in Israel, thanks to the American Associates of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, we arrived in Safed (Tzfat in Hebrew) at night, in the dark, in the rain! The ancient city of Safed is a beautiful place, high (3200 feet) in the mountains Read more
The Golan Heights, Israel Let me start this blog post by stating that (sadly) I did NOT get to go skiing! 🙁 I have wanted to ski Mt. Hermon in the Golan Heights in Israel for 30 years (and have been bragging all this time howt you can ski & Read more
After our three fab resort days in Eilat, we fortified ourselves at the truly amazing breakfast buffet (literally 101 dishes including Insalata Caprese, + a chef making smoked salmon roulades!) at the Leonardo Plaza Eilat, drove back to Beersheva, and caught the Israel Railways train north- all the way north, to Nahariyya! When I last took Read more
View from the balcony of our room (656) at the Leonardo Plaza Eilat! 11 days into our amazing month in Israel, made possible by the American Associates of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Dan and I arrived in Eilat in the early evening before my birthday, and checked into our truly Read more
On our Israeli drive south to Eilat we stopped to see King Solomon’s Pillars amd the ancient copper mines at Timna Park– and stumbled into an ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to miners! How cool is that?! Timna Park was another amazing place I’d never been to, as I’d always gone Read more
Driving south through the Negev to Eilat, Dan & I stopped at the Hai Bar Yotvata Nature Preserve– one of the many wonderful nature preserves, forests, and natural wonders throughout Israel, and had a Biblical Safari! Hai Bar is a nature preserve of the species native to Israel and mentioned in the Bible, all living Read more