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Entries from February 29th, 2008

Laundry, train stations, fashion and more…

February 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · eating, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing

Although yesterday and today we did and will do some lovely sightseeing; we also had to deal with some practical matters. Thursday we had to go back to the train station to get our train reservation for Sunday when we go to Granada. What a madhouse! Thursday was a state holiday – something about Santa […]

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Tap water, no hat, no helmet, oh my!

February 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized

Sevilla is an interesting city! We’ve seen so much blending of old and new. This is a photo of a several thousand year old acqueduct that they have preserved right in the middle of the street. The city streets in places are huge and wide and cars travel very quickly. The rest of the old […]

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The last few days in Three Chapters!

February 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized

Chapter I Well, it’s been a busy and crazy few days since I last was able to blog. As I write this in a Word document, Rich struggles to get an Internet connection by paying for a service. That’s how it works here in Spain – it is paid Internet everywhere. We found a Tourist […]

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Onwards to Spain!

February 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized

The last couple of days in Israel – Tel Aviv actually – we had terrible signal in the hotel. So I’ll have to fill you all in on the last couple of days in Israel in the next day or two. To tell you the truth; getting up at 2 am to get the bus […]

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Danger! Mines!

February 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Sabbatical trip, travel

Today was completely delightful! We began very early with a walking tour of the kibbutz where we stayed last night and tonight. The topic of the day was “Natural Wonders & National Safety” We had a wonderful hike to the head of one of the springs that feeds the Jordan River: Tel Dan Nature Reserve, […]

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