Day 1 Susan and I had planned to spend Pesach in Australia. But as the old Yiddish saying goes, man plans and God laughs. In this case it was man plans and Bibi, Trump and the Ayatollahs laugh. So we didn’t get to Australia for Pesach, but three weeks later, which in of itself is […]
Day 1 – Garry shows us Thessaloniki & Ouranoupoli Read More »
Another trip, another blog. But a bit different this time. It will still be the usual overlong recounting of the adventures of the usual suspects; Paul, Garry and Yoni, but this time, it’s a couples’ trip with the wives. That in of itself is a bit different, but not the difference I refer to. I
The Greek weather bureau forecasted rain on Thursday morning and they didn’t disappoint. We made our way through the cool and drizzly town to the Ammos restaurant, which Google and Kim had recommended (I trust Garry’s wife, Kim, much more than Google). It has an interesting menu with such items as Healthy Pancakes, which are
Day 2 . Yoni’s tour of quaint villages. Read More »
Imagine this: Being the only white faces amongst two thousand revelers who were celebrating the life of a deceased relative, in accordance to the cultural norms totally foreign to your own We were coming to the end of our time in Belize, but not before we had two nights in a town called Dangriga, which
Imagine this: Lying on the deck of a catamaran, surrounded by warm tropical seas. Dolphins are swimming next to the boat. Your days are spent sunbaking, eating, drinking and snorkeling the coral reefs. Many people asked me how and why I chose Belize, of all places, to come to before Yoav and Samantha’s wedding. The
Cruising the coast Read More »
Of course, our transport from Cristo Rey to the ferry dock arrived on time. Likewise, the ferry to Caye Caulker was organized and on time. Our luggage was taken from us at the entrance to the dock in exchange for a luggage ticket and we received it back from a store-house window upon arrival to
Imagine this: A hammock on a patio surrounded by jungle, overlooking a river 50 metres away. There’s a fat old man weighing the hammock down, but he doesn’t care. Peering through his binoculars he’s trying to find toucans, macaws, kinkajous (a sort of jungle racoon), tapirs or howler monkeys. He is so relaxed, so immersed,
It all starts with a wedding. Which is a very good place to start. Specifically, our youngest son Yoav was getting married in Guadalajara, Mexico in May, so if we were going to come all the way from Israel to Central West Mexico, we may as well explore somewhere else. Belize seemed to tick all
Day 5 Leaving One of the biggest bummers of travelling is, well, the travelling. I mean the mucking around in actually getting to the place you want to go to. We were smart/lucky that on this short trip, rather than burning a day at each end, we had early flights to get to Greece and