A New Trip, A New Travel & Adventure Blog

Sorry once again for my love of bad puns (see pourchewgal.blogspot.com from January 2022), but as I'm embarking for Israel tonight, I am calling this JGisREALblogspot.com.  My hope is that you'll forgive the spelling/pun and follow along with this and with future travels, including this trip to Israel, a future trip to Amsterdam and Madrid, and then a move from the East Coast to the West Coast in 2023.



My next door neighbor tipped me off that the Dead Sea was formed at the intersection of tectonic plates, creating a rift, or as some call it, a crack in the earth.   I'd hoped to learn more about the geology of the region before the trip by reading A Crack in the Earth by Haim Watzman.  After a promising start, the book, like all things Middle East, takes an early detour into acts of violence in the Middle East, something I'm choosing to focus on after my trip.  So I'll be taking in that crack in the earth by experience and read about it later.

I have an itinerary put together by Cicerone Travel that focuses on archeology, architecture, history and art.  For my first trip to Israel, I've got a more-than-full 12 days ahead.  I'll keep you posted.


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