Posts under ‘israel travel’

Went out on the weekend and came back with a movie review and some good words on a local chain of restaurants. The movie is local too, so if you don’t live in Israel or not visiting, this post may be irrelevant to you. The movie was Land of Genesis – a unique one-of-a-kind production [...]

Working on next summer’s big road trip (only nine months to go!!), I have become addicted to trip reports. I read trip reports on blogs and forums, in both English and Hebrew, about places we’re about to visit. They’re not just informative, but they also give a unique personal angle on things. Every visit and [...]

We’re halfway through the two hottest months of the year here. If in doubt, one just sticks one’s nose outside the air-conditioned room into the boiling soup outside. Where I live, along the coastal plain, we have the winning combo of humidity and heat. High temperatures here today are supposed to reach 31 Celsius (that’s [...]

I often get questions from people about traveling in Israel. A common question is about using public transportation, buses and trains while touring Israel. The answer, as always with this country, is complicated. Let’s start on a positive note: Yes, you can use public transportation in Israel. Buses in Israel Israel has a fairly extensive system [...]

That’s the soundtrack here over the past few nights. Extremely accurate, a very loud beeping sound every three seconds. We’ve had guests over for the weekend who couldn’t sleep during the night because the sound was so loud by their window. We were more fortunate in our bedroom, but could still hear it clearly when [...]

Having posted my 100 Places to Visit in Israel page, I decided to follow it up with occasional “spotlight” posts, sharing some information about each place, personal impressions and pictures from our visits. I’ll start with one of the places we visited fairly recently: Ein Avdat in the Negev desert. What Is Ein Avdat? Ein in [...]