by Susan Jagannath | Mar 18, 2009 | Places, Walks
On my last night in Israel, I visited the old port of Jaffa, driven there by Miki and her husband, to ensure that I saw a bit of history in Tel Aviv. It was absolutely magical by night, the Harry Potter kind of magic. The old part of the fortified city has been...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 16, 2009 | Places
Jerusalem would also be a boy’s delight. I missed my boys, big and small, as I thought of how much they would love the feel of a real castle, complete with towers, ramparts and the occasional knight. I had to abandon my rampart walk, as it began raining, and the...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 15, 2009 | Churches, Places
On Friday, I saw three nuns from Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, racing up a flight of stairs with most un-nunnish speed, and calling to each other. I decided to follow them and looked out towards this – the closest view I ever had of the Dome of...
by Susan Jagannath | Mar 13, 2009 | Places, Women
There are other reasons to visit Bethlehem too. There is the tomb of Rachel outside the town – couldnt get there. Rachel, the wife of Jacob, the mother of Joseph – him of the amazing technicolor dreamcoat? We saw the ruins of a tower that was built in...
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...
