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Travel: Lisbon and Surroundings Portugal, Sept 18 2016
Flying TLV to Lisbon It was a wonderful surprise bumping into David ’s cousin Adi and her husband Dror from Rechovot, at the pre-travel group briefing meeting which took place at the Beit Hatefuzot (The UNU Museum of the Diaspora). I was so very glad to had the presence of these familiar cousins who joined the guided group trip, which departed from Israel to Portugal on 09/18th Neither them nor I actually knew beforehand, that we were all due to track the the Crypto Je
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Travel:Disney Cruise & Grand kids. CA, US, March 22-27/2026
On the backdrop of the 4th week into the raging US/Israel war of attrition with Iran, and 2 weeks before Passover - the Holiday of Freedom -David and I were due to board The Disney Wonder - Disney Cruse Ship with our grandchildren, which was long booked a head. Tel: 800 951 3532 DCL GUEST.COMMUNICATIONS@disneycruise.com While in Israel, the grandchildren weren't spared the Iranian ballistic missile horrific retaliation, during the first round of the 12 Days Israel/Ira
Mar 28
Travel:A week in Washington DC US. March 13-20/2026
Friday morning (03/13) on which I flew from SFO to DC to visit my daughter Keren. mentioned also in my previous posts ( here ) the Spring weather exhibited abnormal hot temperatures in the 70 F, at our West Coast N. CA sphere. However the mountains' range, over which Alaska Air flown across America, toward the East Coast, were all covered with white snow. As if it isn't enough for nature to get unpredictably berserk, another week passed since the start of the man-made R
Mar 21
Story:Roaring Lion/Epic Fury Operation.CA. USA. Feb 28/2026
This February - my BT month ( here ) seemed not only to have marked another year in my personal life , but also has changed the course of world's history. Unlike the previous Israel/Iran war round of June 2025, named "Rising Lion" in which Israel Carried Out Preemptive Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities without U.S. involvement , and which within its violent web-cob claws I and my dear family were caught while in Israel ( here ) this second time round only
Mar 7
Travel:Sonoma, CA. Jan. 29-31/2026
My daughters decided that for my this year's BT it would be nice to have me treat the 3 of us + baby Salo during a weekend stay, at the famous Wine Country of Bay area CA, primarily referring to Napa and Sonoma counties, situated, just one hour drive north of Oakland , and is known as an wine-producing region with over 1,700+ wineries . So off we drove on Friday Jan 29th, well aware that, alcohol sampling in the company of a baby , wouldn't be the highlight of this g
Feb 11
Travel:Palm Spring's 37th Film Fest 📽️ CA , US, Jan. 4-12th/2026
36th Palm Springs fest 2025 ( here ) The Palm Springs International Film Festival which I have been attending for over 10 years, and which offers a large and high quality selection of international foreign language films , has been one of my delightful interests, I have enthusiastically perused it every year in January. enjoying viewing about 4 films, each day for the 8 days on average of my stay., in this charming desert town, about which I wrote more in detail here
Jan 13
Travel: San Pedro, Atacama Desert , Chile. Nov, 17-22/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile, that started on Oct. 23 Santiago -10/ 23-26. ( here ). Antarctic S. Shetland -11/3-6 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24. ( her e ) Punta Arenas 11 / 7-8. ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 ( here ) Puerto Varas 1 1/8-9. ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/2 (here ). Puerto Mo
Nov 23, 2025
Travel: Puerto Montt to Calama, Atacama Desert. Chile. Nov.16/2025
This is a continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which started on Oct 23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26. ( here ). Antarctic S. Shetland -11/3-6 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24. ( her e ) Punta Arenas 11 / 7-8. ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 ( here ) Puerto Varas 1 1/8-9. ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/2 (here ).
Nov 17, 2025
Travel: Chiloe Island, Lake Region Chile, Nov 11 –14/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26. ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula 11/1-2 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24. ( here ) Antarctic S. Shetland -11/3-6 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 ( here ) Punta Aren 11 / 7-8. ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/2 (here ). Puerto Varas 1 1/8-9.
Nov 15, 2025
Travel:Between Puerto Varas&Puerto Montt. Lake Region. Chile. Nov. 10/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26 ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula 11/1-2 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24. ( here ) Antarctic S. Shetland -11/3-6 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 ( here ) Punta Arenas 11 / 7-8. ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/27 (here ) Puerto Varas
Nov 10, 2025
Travel:Puerto Varas, Lake Region. Chile, Nov 8-9/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26 ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24. ( here ) Antarctic Peninsula 11/1-2 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 ( here ) Antarctic S. Shetland -11/3-6 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/27 (her ). Punta Arenas 11 / 7-8.
Nov 9, 2025
Travel:Punta Arenas, Patagonia. Chile, Nov 7/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26 ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24 ( here Antarctic Peninsula 11/1-2 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/27-28 ( here ) Antarctic S. Shetland -11/3-6 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 (here ) After sa
Nov 8, 2025
Travel:Into & Out of Port Williams Chile, Oct. 26th & Nov. 6/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26 ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24 ( here ) Antarctic Peninsula 11/1-2 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/27-28 ( here ) Antarctic S. Shetland -11/3-6 here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 (here ) The Antarctica's expedition 197 parti
Nov 7, 2025
Travel:Antarctica, South Shetland Il. Nov. 3-6/2025
/6 A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov 23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/27-28 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24. ( here ). Antarctic Peninsula -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/6 ( here ) Antarctic Peninsula 11/1-2 ( here ) The 2 extra days added to the cruise due to the polar blizzard (see prev
Nov 6, 2025
Travel: Antarctic Peninsula. Nov 1-2/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov 23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26 ( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/27-28 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24. ( here ) Antarctic Peninsula -10/ 29-31 ( here ) Puerto Williams. 10/26 & 11/ 6 ( here ) Halloween Decoration on the Silver Wind Unexpected
Nov 3, 2025
Travel:Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Plunge. Oct 29-31/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov 23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26 ( here ) Puerto Williams 10/26 & 11/6 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24.( here ) Drake's Passage Crossing 10/27-28 ( here ) Most cruises, like ours to the 7th continent , after successfully crossing the Drake's Passage mainly tour the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the northernmost, most accessible, and "w
Nov 1, 2025
Travel: Antarctica, Crossing the Drake Channel. Oct 27-28/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov 23rd Santiago -10/ 23-26 ( here ) Santiago Surroundings 10/24 ( here ) Puerto Williams 10/26 & 11/6. (here ) Silver Wind the cruise ship we chose and which was thoughtfully refitted for polar travel in 2021, set sail, at midnight of Oct 26th, from Port Williams to Antarctica, after all passengers were flown from Santiago and orderly boarded.
Oct 29, 2025
Travel: Santiago Surroundings. Chile. Wine Region,Valparaiso,Val-Mar. Oct 24/2025
A continuation of a trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile which includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Santiago -Oct 23-26 ( here ) During the 3 days stay in Santiago we took one day trip outside of Santiago, and drove (on Oct 24th) through the Central's valley's Wine Region to Valparaiso. Central Valley , a fertile geological intermediate populated depression, with a Mediterranean climate which is famous for being the country's primary home to Chile’s renowned w
Oct 24, 2025
Travel: SFO to Santiago, Chile Oct 23- 26/2025
This trip to Antarctica and other parts of Chile includes posts from Oct 22nd -Nov23rd Since reading the book of Chilean author - Isabel Allende, few years ago, named:" A Long Petals of the Sea " along with Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's magical poems , (1971 winner of Nobel Prize for Literature) I was intrigued to tour this geographically elongated, diverse landscape - the country of Chile of in South America Actually, the original air tickets we had for October's t
Oct 23, 2025
Story: Baby Salo's Early Arrival, Berkley, CA July 22nd/2025
On the backdrop of the national and international heartbreaking events, which have been taking place in Israel, and around the globe, both our daughters and their families, sadly moved out of the country, after living in Tel-Aviv almost 20 years, and to our delight, moved into our township in California, next to us. My oldest daughter Keren escaped Israel / Iran war (more here ) 3 days prior to Israel's surprised attack, as she luckily departed Israel on. a flight to CA
Sep 24, 2025
Story: Wild Border Crossing, Israel to Jordan, June 18-20/2025
While the war with Gaza,, which started with the murderous Hamas massacres of Oct 7th 2023, has been lingering for over a year and a...
Jun 22, 2025
Travel: Bukhara to Samarkand , Uzbekistan May 12-13/2025
A continuation of a guided tour to Uzbekistan which started on May 7th TLV to Tashkent. 5/8-9 ( here ) Tashkent 5/8-9 ...
May 13, 2025
Travel: Khiva to Bukhara. Uzbekistan May 10-11/2025
A continuation of a guided tour to Uzbekistan which started on May 7th TLV to Tashkent. 5/8-9 ( here ) Tashkent 5/8-9 ...
May 12, 2025
Travel: Tashkent to Khiva , May 9th Uzbekistan
A continuation of a guided tour to Uzbekistan which started on May 7th TLV to Tashkent. 5/8-9 ( here ) Tashkent 5/8-9 ...
May 9, 2025
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