Gone?! At least a short weekend wrapup :)
My dear friends & family,
we will set off to travel the “South” on Tuesday morning I guess and are probably not able to keep you up to date on our trip and status. If we get the chance, I will let you know.
The past days just passed by too fast!
Especially the weekend was kind of overwhelming. On Friday morning we visited the Holocaust museum which I found to be superb, though the pain you feel after walking through was hardly bearable for me. I could’ve cryed for a long time but instead went out to the lovely garden that makes the swicht to the real world a little bit easier.
Then we (Witali & me) went to a hike to St. George Monastery between Jerusalem and Yericho. We got lucky the whole way! First some random Ethopians picked us up and gave us a ride, then we got a free tour in German since the monk living there used to live in Stuttgart and Munich for some time and finally we even managed to catch a free ride back to Jerusalem with a Swedish tourist-group! The hike from the Monastery down to Yericho was just georgues and reaching Yericho at late afternoon the perfect way to end the day. To be honest, this was one of the best moments of my whole trip so far. Even writing about this, I can still feel the warm evening sun on my skin, remember the ice-cream for 2NIS (0,30 EUR) and the peaceful atmosphere (it was SO quiet!).
Joshua fought the battle of Jericho
Jericho Jericho
Joshua fougth the battle of Jericho
And the walls come tumbling down
The next day was spent by myself in Bethlehem, a city wich doesn’t offer a lot of sights, but I found to be very lovely: a cute little market, of course the old church and some really nice neighbourhoods! The one downside of course is the “wall” Israel has build in and around the whole city (8m!) – a real shame and horror, I found.
My brief evening hours in Jerusalem were a great treat again – I don’t think you can ever get enough of this place.
Well, this is it, for now guys. Tomorrow is going to be my last day at work and we”ll see what is on afterwards, because we haven’t planned it yet…..
bye!
Ach ja, ich war ja fassungslos:
- Papst beharrt auf Abtreibungsverbot: http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/papst424.html
- http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/papst420.html
Warum nur? ….
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