Frankfurt is exactly what I like in my travels: a cool places with great people. After Berlin, Frankfurt and it's (-2) to 2 was nice, warm and welcoming. I could wander around the streets!! and I did, enjoying the churches and renovated buildings without the need to worry where is the next warm place I could protect myself... I even went to the Museum to watch Botticelli's art exhibition and could line up (with dozens of others) for 30 minutes in the open air and enjoy it!! oh, BTW, in Berlin I've visited “the Picasso story” (can't get the website working, google it..) and it was great, most recommended and it's great for kids too... enough with the culture thing, people might get the wrong impression of me! I met some great people in Frankfurt. Alexander, ... read more

everyone can tell you how amazing Berlin is. Everyone can talk about the amazing architecture, the parks, the courtyards, the streets, the history, the nightlife. I'm not everyone very loyal to my decision to travel in difficult (challenging?) conditions I have decided to head to Berlin, again, in the coldest winter in 20 years. I remember having a previous and a wiser decision: never again to spend summer in Israel, never again winter in Europe. I don't know what happened to this decision and how I found myself in Europe in winter time. Short memory is one answer. Simply arrogance (“there is nothing I can't do. But mountains.”) would be the other. I have to admit it: -10 Celsius are below my comfort zone. My comfort zone is somewhere 25 degrees above.. the first thing I ... read more

I got back to Israel few weeks ago. I spent the first 10 days almost isolated and asleep, taking antibiotics to treat a blood infection caused by beg bugs, now I've started waking up and still can't answer this question. Ethiopia was the most complex country I have visited. It's amazingly beautiful, It has interesting and important culture and history, It drained my energies. I can't place the finger on what exactly was so difficult. I think that it was a mix of not feeling well most of the time, being hassled by people whenever I walked the streets, having unexpected problems with the food and seeing this amazing country being so neglected. It made me so sad I had closed myself to everyone. I still can't open up. I think that one of the basic ... read more

What a great name to a great community... we found some info in the guide: It's a small community, isolated, secular, believes that education is the key to development so one can find adults attending primary school, they are socialists, they believe in Gender equality and children’s rights, the kids are not allowed to beg money from foreigners and visitors, the community charges the same price from locals and Faranji (white people) and the best way to support them is to buy the woven products they sell. We read, we were amazed, we thought it's interesting and surprising so we go on the bus. OH YEAH!!!! I'm inlove!!!! Yes, my next trip to Ethiopia is planned!!! AWRAMBA I have to check that they really stand for what they declare. They are not secular, they believe in ... read more

3 days and 350 KM ago I wanted to see the country, I wanted to get to know it better, I wanted to speak to locals I meet on the bus, I wanted to ride trucks to remote villages and stay there for a while, I wanted to travel the hard way as I am used to, I wanted to take my time and know everyone and everything. 3 days and 350 KM later, the only one I wanna know is a pilot. ... read more