July 5, 2024 Breakfast is at the hotel. I’m not a breakfast person. At all. But I’m not complaining about starting the day with a fresh-baked croissant, a…
July 4, 2024 After a couple of days getting here, we begin our first full day of sightseeing. Breakfast is at the hotel at 7 AM, then we…
July 3, 2024 On the bus from Milan to Venice … The Boston Logan departure of British Airways Flight 212 was delayed a couple of hours on Tuesday…
July 2, 2024 From Terminal E at Logan Airport in Boston … It’s been a couple of years since my last international travel to Israel, so it’s good…
For years I thought I would travel to see the Taj Mahal by packing what I could fit in a small ZipLoc baggy, flying to Delhi, taking the…
It’s been two and a half years since my last international trip to Brazil. From global to personal, those two and a half years were filled with some…
Onboard United flight 85 from Tel Aviv to Newark After a brisk week of touring in Israel we are on the way home. Because Israel is a relatively…
At sunset on the Mediterranean in Tel Aviv … After a busy week of touring everyone is slowing down a little. Rotem gives us an extra hour to…
On the bus to Tel Aviv … We spent last night in the Negev Desert starting with dinner in Kfar Hanokdim and then speaking with a Bedouin man…
On the bus to the Negev Desert … We begin the day on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City. From here we can see the Dome…
From the tunnels beneath the Old City … I’m claustrophobic. It’s important to begin today’s blog with this admission. Read on for why. We start the day down…
Traveling through the West Bank on the bus to Jerusalem … Visiting a relatively smaller country means less time on the bus, but seeing more locations each day….
On the bus along the Sea of Galilee … After a busy first day of touring, last night we had a relaxing evening at El Mul Golan. Wine…
I’m rusty. I haven’t done this for a while. And by this, I mean getting into travel mode – taking photos, shooting video, making notes, and working on…
The overnight flight was smooth. When I landed at Ben Gurion International Airport I didn’t have to worry about finding the group in the terminal. They arrived at…
Michael S. Liberman