Bo and Dianne

And, We're Off!

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December 23rd 2012
New York was windy, and after a bouncy landing, we found Dianne's friend, Julie, and our ride with Percy began. Percy is some sort of UN Ambassador At Large Extraordinary Plenipotentiary (I don't make this stuff up)and his driver whisked us into the city to meet Dianne's other friend, Toby. Toby was waiting with cosmos in hand - I could have kissed him, I was so excited! We walk ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more