More about Castles

Tower of David Originally uploaded by rael10 This is the Citadel of David. While its now an impressive castle, in fact, it is a crusader built citadel, and now a museum, that I didnt have time to visit. While the whole of the Old City is a walled city, its at the...

Revenge of the Jewish Mama

What’s a mosque doing right next to the latest version of the Ruined Synagogue? Apparently its never been used as mosque, but was built by the mother of a jewish man who converted to Islam. Subsequently he was evicted from the Jewish quarter and ostracised by...

At the Wailing Wall

The traditional name for this last remnant of the Temple is the Wailing Wall, but the pc name appears to be the Western Wall. Entering the Western Wall Plaza requires a full security check and passing through a metal detector, and a passport check. The guard was...

Why I hated Heathrow

In particular, terminal 4. I wrote this rant while enduring the wait, it was funny that just the previous day I’d been discussing the insidious forms of racism I’d encountered in Australia… —–here it is…Heathrow is horrible –...

Losing a Day

I forgot that travelling eastward we lose a day.. But the good things: I missed Monday! That’s got to be good now that I’m back on a Sat-Sun weekend. The Fri-Sat weekend in Israel can be disconcerting! Singapore to Bribane, in cattle class, but I had a...

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