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…
As readers of this blog know, Dan & I got to take Dan home to Israel and spend a glorious month there, thanks to his winning us tickets from The American Friends of Ben Gurion Univeristy of the Negev. My first posts were on Tel Aviv, Beersheva, the Dead Sea, Masada, Read more…
As readers of this blog know, Dan and I spent a glorious month in Israel thanks to his winning us tickets from the American Friends of Ben Gurion University of the Negev. After days in Tel Aviv, Beersheva (getting to visit the Ben Gurion University of the Negev campus & research Read more…
An absolute must-do during our month in Israel in March-April (made possible by the American Friends of Ben Gurion University of the Negev) was to go to Masada. The first time I was at Masada was in 1973 with my father, and I wanted to see the new archaeological excavations and Read more…
Israel Railways Beersheva or bust! I fell in love with the Negev Desert in Israel Many years ago… I love the climate- especially that of the Dead Sea, as it heals both my psoriasis and the rheumatoid arthritis of friends- and I find the desert extremely beautiful, as the light Read more…