Jan 26th, 2007
We have been in Glasgow for 2 months now, but with the exceptions of the West End near our apartment, and the centre of the city near our office, we have seen very little of it. Having decided to rectify this oversight (and with a few visitors requiring guidance headed our way in the next [...]
Jan 21st, 2007
A bit of a family plug here.
Ever gone to a BBQ and felt something was missing? You’ve got the food, the drinks and the people, but you don’t have the one thing that money can’t buy – The Vibe…
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Testing to see if we can embed video…
Doesn’t seem like it – funny web comic I found and was trying to show on the site can be found here.
Jan 18th, 2007
Woke to our first snowfall this morning. No pictures because it has turned to rain & slush already and it isn’t even light yet. We were still excited though.
Update…the snow is back – very peaceful working with flakes drifting past the rooftop windows (and as it is still quite slushy – inducement to stay at [...]
Jan 16th, 2007
Our final day in Tel Aviv our plans for a tour of Bauhaus buildings was interrupted by the heavens opening, forcing us to race from cafe to cafe in the few breaks in the weather. We did get to see Florentine and Shabaar two of Tel Aviv’s older more interesting areas – with great cafes [...]
Jan 15th, 2007
Day two of our road trip took us north towards the Lebanese border. After passing along the Jordan River, and ducking through the edge of the Golan Heights, we ascended to a vantage point right on the border overlooking Lebanon and the Hula Valley, with a snowcapped Mt Hermon Mountain – the source of Israel’s [...]
Jan 12th, 2007
After an uncharacteristically early start we headed up the coast road towards the north of Israel. Turning inland at the foot of the Carmel Mountains we wound our way up to a Druze village called Daliyat al-Karmel nestled in the hills. Being a weekday not a lot was happening in the old town apart [...]
Jan 10th, 2007
After a slow new years day (as expected after a 6 am finish) that never got much past café grazing the next stop on our itinerary was the holy city. My day started with an early rise and a pleasant paddle on the Yarkon River (about as much of a river as the Torrens in [...]
Jan 9th, 2007
We now know how Noah felt. Heading into the Negev desert towards the dead sea, one of the driest areas of Israel and we were followed by almost constant rain. It was obvious from the harshness of the terrain that the rain was a very rare event but that didn’t help our exploration a great [...]
We are back in the UK now – our trip was a bit too hectic for blogging. I’ll try and update everything chronologically, although it may take me a little while.
We visited Jaffa a couple of times. It is the original Arab town outside of which Tel Aviv was founded. It has a great cosmopolitan [...]