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April 17, 2010 — Around the Old City of Jerusalem
April 17, 2010: Around the Old City Damascus Gate, evening — still busy with merchants and buyers. Yesterday, we walked through the Old City and today, we walked around it. Not that we actually set out to do that. These things … Continue reading
April 19, 2010 — Caesarea — Roman ruins and Israeli trains, plus Anthea’s blogs
April 19, 2010: Roman ruins and Israeli trains Oil tanker anchored in the Mediterranean off the coast at Caesarea, with Roman column in foreground, and haze from a Sahara sandstorm. Jim’s account of the day Quite a day. Up at 5:00 … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Israel, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Anthea, Binyamini, Caesaerea, Jerusalem, Mediterranean, Roman, ruins, Sahara, Tel Aviv, train
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April 15, 2010 — Across from Herod’s gate in Jerusalem
April 15, 2010: Across from Herod’s Gate Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem, on Sultan Suleiman Street not far from the Rivoli Hotel. At 3:45 a.m. today in Athens we met up with a band of pigeons foraging along Ermou … Continue reading
First day of walking — Pamplona to Urtega
The pedometer says that we walked something in the neighborhood of 25,000 steps today, from our hotel in Pamplona to the albergue in Urtega, a small town about 17 kilometers (9? miles) west (we’re always walking west). That included walking … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Camino de Santiago trip, Israel
Tagged Alto del Perdon, Pamplona, pilgrims, sumflowers, Urtega, Zariquigui
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