by Susan Jagannath | Mar 13, 2009 | Churches, Places
As that’s the only way to get into the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square. You can see the three doors shrinking with each destruction, and the final one is to prevent Muslim invaders from riding their horses into the church. In the square a mosque and the...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 12, 2009 | Places
On the way to Nazareth we drove across the coastal plain that used to be mostly swamp and sand dunes. The swamps have been drained by about a hundred years of planting gums – apparently in the early part of the 20th century, someone saw the Turks planting gums...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 11, 2009 | Travel
Who should I see in Nazareth? In the Basilica atrium, the guide told us to go and look for the Madonna from China as her crown was pure gold. I went along, and who should I find waiting for me but our very own Lady of Vellankani. This statue was a bit more resplendent...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 10, 2009 | Walks
Tonight I decided to stop skulking about in the hotel in the evening, and go out and about in the big smoke, Tel Aviv. Well, I did, but it was really quiet, walked all along the sea front, but there was nothing much happening. I did admire all the trendy and glitzy...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Boarding at 11.35 pm in Singapore on a westward bound flight makes for a journey conducted in unrelieved darkness. The coldness of the cabin, the meanness of the blankets supplied by Qantas, and the dryness of the air matched the gloom of the night. I slept in...
