In Hamburg to spend a few days with my friend Tamar. I got in about 1:00 pm and after getting settled Tamar and I took a delightful boat ride around the Hamburg Harbor, which is the 14th largest port in the world.  We saw some huge container ships and were told that they stack… Read More In Hamburg

I am in Boston visiting my college roommates before I head on to Germany and Norway. On one of the days Eileen and I took a walk in one of the parks in Newton so I can take pictures of fall colors. Of course I had to eat lobster one night. Also found out that… Read More In Boston

I will be leaving Sunday on my next big trip. This trip takes me to visiting friends in Boston and Germany. After which I’m going to make my way to Bergen, Norway, where I will go on a tour of the fjords and into the Arctic Circle to see the northern lights. When done with… Read More My next trip

I arrived in Germany on Friday. Got to spend one night in Tamar’s new apartment. It is very airy and bright with a view of the river. On Saturday, we drove to Amsterdam The countryside is so flat but very green. There were lots of wind turbines. After settling into our Airbnb, we took the… Read More Next adventure. Now in Amsterdam

On the last day in Tel Aviv we went to the Yitzhak Rabin Museum which is very well done, combining info on Rabin’s life and the history of Israel during that same time period. We also went to Rabin Square and saw the spot where he was assassinated. One of our last experiences was touring… Read More Back in Portland

Today we visited Save a Child’s Heart, an Israeli based international humanitarian project providing life-saving heart surgeries and follow up care for children from around the world regardless of race or religion. We brought art supplies and we got to play with the children. After lunch we visited the Sharon Recycling Park a unique ecological… Read More 2nd day in Tel Aviv

We spent the morning exploring Jaffa, an ancient port city over 3500 years old. It was the port that most of the early Jewish settlers came through. Napoleon landed here in his attempt to conquer the Middle East. Surprisingly, if he had succeeded, he would have given this area to the Jews. Who knew that… Read More First day in Tel Aviv

We were allowed to sleep in a little on Shabbat morning and then we walked around the old town even though nothing was opened. We did some Torah study in a nice open area. After lunch we hiked on Mt. Meron the highest peak in the Galilee getting a 360 degree view of the area… Read More In Tzfat and on to Tel Aviv

On Friday we headed out of Jerusalem. Stopped on Mt. Scopus for one final view of the city. The drive up to Tiberius was mostly through the West Bank. We made a brief stop at the spot on the Jordan River that Jesus was supposedly baptized. Once back in Israel proper we stopped at Kibbutz… Read More Heading for Tzfat