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Adventures
This is where I tell stories about the places I've been to, the people I've met, and the ideas that I've encountered. You can read full posts by clicking on them below, or use the bar on the right to navigate based on region, country or date.
Scotland
The Willow Tree
Here we are, nearing the end of Sukkot. It feels like the holidays have gone by so quickly. It was just early September, wandering...
The Apple Orchard
Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur have already passed, and October is just around the corner. I’m picking the last brambles from the branches,...
A Sweet New Year
We’re less than two weeks away from Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, and my desk (read: work-from-home kitchen table) is overflowing...
India
Where To Go, What To Do: North
This is the follow-up post to Where To Go, What To Do: South, which showcases my travels in South India and gives some itinerary planning...
Where To Go, What To Do: South
India is huge. And not only is it physically large, but each region is vastly different culturally, many with their own distinctive...
On Endings and Beginnings
Me with some new friends outside the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu I picked up a dirty secondhand copy of the novel Life...
Israel
Of Yellow and Yonder
The first thing I noticed about Israel was the yellow. All throughout the North, the hills were hidden beneath a dense cover of bright...
Europe
The Village Fountain
I sat in the shade behind the church in the village square of Bubion, a tiny village high in the Alpujarra mountain range. There was a...
Being Jewish in Spain
The Alhambra I’m just back home from two weeks in Southern Spain. I climbed hills and visited charming mountain villages. I saw exotic...
Of Stone and Ashes
Poland passed in a blur. I think a lot of the trauma of visiting Poland comes from the shock of it: The moment you realize the pile of...
Africa
Asia
On Separation and Sanddunes
“…before that I loved the desert. It wasn’t particular things but the space between them, that abundance of absence, that is the desert’s...
The People of Morocco
My first morning in Morocco, I was sat up on the rooftop of my riad in Marrakech, looking for breakfast. The check in boy had been very...
Cities of Blue
High in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco lies a town they call the Blue Pearl - Chefchaouen. Some people say it’s painted blue to...
From Ceylon to Darjeeling
High Tea at the Elgin in Darjeeling, West Bengal Celestial Seasonings, the Colorado-based tea company, has a flavour (my very favourite...
A Taste of Sri Lanka
The Lighthouse at Galle Fort In December I visited Sri Lanka with my parents. Sri Lanka is a small-ish Island country, located in the...
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