Blogs from Middle East - page 863

Day 46- Wednesday A long day of travellıng by bus today around the coast ın a westerly and northern dırectıon to Canakkale rıght here lookıng at the Dardanelle Straıts. It seems to be prımarıly a Turkısh holıday town whıch cranks ıtself up for Anzac type events. A bıt prıcey. In the almost 40 degree heat (especıally out tourıng the ruıns) ıt becomes essentıal to have aır condıtıonıng. So here the cheapest room was 90 dollars! Trıp across to the Anzac penınsula tomorrow ıs 50. Dont mentıon dınner. Tourıstıc rıp off ın both prıce and qualıty. It ıs always better to eat good local fod than what they thınk tourısts want. The trouble ıs that some restaurants lıst and speak no Englısh. We stopped ın the worlds best roadsıde stop today and Connıe thought she'd have a ... read more

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Tag 37 bis 49, 8.750 km von Galway Wir sind in Asien! Juhu! ... und haben schon eine Menge erlebt, seitdem wir den Bosporus ueberquert haben..... Das Wichtigste zuerst: Ja, wir waren in Georgien. Aber leider nur 4 Tage. Als wir gehoert haben, dass Georgien von russischen Truppen bombardiert wird, haben wir das Land sofort (am Samstag den 09.08., also einen Tag nach Kriegsausbruch) wieder verlassen. Wir sind gesund und munter und nun wieder in der Tuerkei. Nun aber alles huebsch der Reihe nach: In der Tuerkei (bevor wir nach Georgien gereist sind), haben wir nicht nur die Straende am Schwarzen Meer getestet und uns die Baeuche mit super leckerem tuerkischen Essen vollgeschlagen, wir haben auch schon Wasserfaelle erklettert, eimerweise kostenlos Tee getrunken, noch viel mehr Eimer Tee freundlich abgelehnt, sind bei Nebel in den Bergen ... read more

I’m sitting here at Karns, with Aysagul and all the dep girls, who are watching a movie on Karn’s big screen. There is a major thunder and lightning storm outside, and we have all seen rain for the first time in MONTHS! It’s pretty exciting to see rain and the smell is powerful. A Turkish friend and special education teacher, named Belma, came over tonight and we baked cookies. I have 2 more days left at the rehab center, and then we leave for Istanbul. The past few weeks have been filled with productivity, if you call it that. Verna and I planned a socialization program, and called it a “mini camp” for kids at rehab center #1. We combined the program with the arrival of a volunteer team from the Dominican Republic. On the day ... read more

Shalom, everyone. Thank you to everyone who has been keeping up with my journey - its trials and tribulations, its joys and passion. While this visit to Israel has been most memorable, I look forward to returning to a semblance of normalcy in Minnesota. There, my journey will definitely continue... Sunday, August 10, 2008 Okay, so I’ve humbled myself a little bit in regards to Tish B’Av, this fasting holiday mourning the destruction of the Temple. I have since learned that several tragic events in Jewish history happened on this date or close to it, so observance has come to include those as well. A group of remaining summer students and staying-for-the-year students gathered last evening to enjoy an end-of-Shabbat-getting-ready-to-fast potluck meal, davening, and then a walk to the “egalitarian” section of the Wall to read ... read more