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Tidbits about the
​Holy Land

What we will miss (or not?)
  • Olives
  • Hummus
  • Rice
  • Salesmen saying "Only a dollar" or "many items only a dollar"
  • Merchants chasing us down with "cashmere" scarves
  • Mistreated camels and sheep
  • Lamb for dinner
  • Fish for breakfast
  • Fresh pita bread
  • Churches built upon churches
  • Tourists
  • Handing out Korans
  • Guards hardly out of high school  with machine guns
  • Stray cats begging
  • Having mass in historical places
  • Five  to ten salads before the main meal
  • Turkish coffee, grounds and all
  • Fresh dates
  • Figs
  • Smells and bells
  • Call to prayer at 5 a.m
  • Fresh lemons, oranges, tangerines
  • Eggplant
  • St. Peter's Fish
  • Arabic and Hebrew
  • Immovable ladder
  • Candles
  • First-century--and earlier--ruins
  • Bedouin camps






















Picture
  • Olive-wood carvings
  • No bananas or good scrambled eggs/omelets
  • Cobblestone streets
  • "Different" cakes
  • Religious tensions
  • Early-morning bus rides
  • Head scarves
  • Burkas/abayas
  • Russian tour guides
  • "Watch your steps"
  • Yalla, yalla
  • Ruins
  • No news
  • Green almonds
  • Grape leaves
  • Swarma
  • Kanafeh
  • Views from the top of the Notre Dame Hotel
  • Mosaics and frescos
  • Following in Jesus' footsteps
  • Coptic, Armenian, Ethiopian, Orthodox, Syriac, Christians
  • The Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee
  • Shafiq and Ramzi
  • Father Bob and Mike
  • Dolomites
  • Dalmatian Coast
  • Holy Land
  • Eastern Europe
    • Eastern Europe Blog
    • Flora & Fauna
    • Foods
    • Pictures & Comments
    • Delights & Dislikes
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