Travel: Israel
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The New Mediterranean Seashore Trail Starts In Rosh HaNikra, Israel
If you love hiking, Israel is full of amazing trails, both moderate and difficult, so there is something for everyone. Despite the small size of our country, there is a huge variety of experiences, from mountain, to lake, to sea, to volcanic plateaus, to rolling hills, to dessert, to red rock canyons, together with a…
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An Ancient Rock Quarry On The Mediterranean In Rosh HaNikra, Israel
One of my very favorite sites in Israel, Rosh HaNikra just got even more special, as I seriously did not know that seashore area below the famous cliffs is a huge archeological site, who knew? I did notice that the rocks were an interesting shape, but until Iooked it up it did not occur to…
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The Rosh HaNikra Seashore
At the very northern tip of Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea and just below the border of Lebanon lies one of my very favorite spots, Rosh HaNikra. For years and years I’d only visited the mountain top area, never venturing to the shore below, until this past passover holiday week, when I suddenly realized that…
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Stunning Mountain Views From The Car In The Galil
The views we experience on almost any car trip are just so inspiring and often take my breath away! I’m hoping to start painting using these photos as inspiration, but in the mean time I wanted to share them with you. This photos above is the end of the Meron mountain range, the view we…
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Stunning Views From The Car Of The Kinneret And Mount Arbel
On our drive home this week after 2 nights in Jerusalem, I just had to whip out the camera to capture the incredible beauty of our country to share with you, and to have on hand for when I hopefully get around to painting landscapes of all this amazing inspiration! The Galil or Galilee, the…
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Lake Ram, A Crater Lake In The Shadow of Mount Hermon, Israel
On our 3 night vacation just before Passover, we explored so many beautiful spots in the Golan Heights in Northern Israel. One such spot that I’d never even heard of is Lake Ram, a crater lake in the shadow of Mount Hermon, and in the middle of a Druze village. With pick your own cherries…
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Stunning Views From The Car On A Golan Heights Road Trip
Imagine seeing a snow capped Mount Hermon as you are driving down the road? Yes my friends, that was in fact the case on our road trip across the Golan Heights just before Passover, and there were so many great sights from the car window that I just had to share them with you! This…
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A Walk To See The Stunning Hilltop Views From Moshav Keshet, Israel
A stunning snow-topped mountain with a lovely pond and blooming fruit trees in the foreground, mingling with rolling green hills? It doesn’t get much better than that, especially on a cool spring day with blue skies! A few weeks ago we were able to work really hard preparing the house for Passover and take a…
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Cyclamen Bloom In The Golan Heights!
This past week we spent three nights in a lovely Moshav (agricultural community) by the name of Keshet, and wow, all the flowers in bloom made our stay even more lovely. Many of the stone walls were home to bunches of cyclamen in bloom, and while they may have been planted and are not wild,…
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Judas Tree Blooms In Keshet, Israel
One of my greatest pleasures when spring comes to Northern Israel are the abundance of flowering wildflowers, bushes and trees, in addition to orchards full of fruit trees! The Judas Tree, or Red Bud tree, or in hebrew klil hahoresh blooms with bright pink flowers and native trees dot the landscape with pops of color…
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An Almond Tree Blooms Next Door, In Northern Israel
The almond trees are now in full bloom in Northern Israel, and while I missed it last year, this year, no way! I forced myself to grab the camera and get out of the house for a little photo shoot, this time to capture one of the trees growing just up the street, which I’ve…
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A Vacation Rental Under The Grape Vine In Kibbutz Harduf
This past summer we has the great pleasure of, once again, enjoying another successful airbnb vacation rental. I will say that I really do my homework before reserving, and this really pays off. Renting someone’s personal home is always a bit of a risk, and can be strange, but in this case the home was…