by Pam Morton | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog
John and I just returned from our neighborhood grocery store. We are within a short walking distance which provides us a chance to be outside and to see some of our neighbors even if from afar. We went in the afternoon and discovered that this was everyone...
by Pam Morton | Jul 17, 2021 | Blog, Featured
I greeted Alfie as we entered the boutique hotel in Jerusalem. Alfie is a fairly conservative Jew whose family owns 10 hotel rooms on the third floor of an office building. We discovered it last year and have made it our “go to” place in Jerusalem.“ I don’t have the...
by Pam Morton | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog, Featured
New to Israel and anxious to learn about various aspects of culture, I began to watch the Netflix series, “Shtisel.” This series follows the lives of an Ultra-Orthodox family set in the heart of Jerusalem. The endearing main characters of Akiva and Shulem completely...
by Pam Morton | Jul 13, 2021 | Blog
John and I have had opportunity to go on many road trips and I LOVE them…Good times for sure, but we have had a few “Doh!” moments that we hope to help you avoid the next time you take a road trip. Check out these ideas! (And if you have any of your own that I missed,...
by Pam Morton | Feb 28, 2021 | Blog
Last Wednesday we decided that we would go to Tel Aviv (hour and ten minutes away) to investigate a clinic that had advertised vaccinations for foreigners such as ourselves. I belong to several FB groups based here in Isr so I consulted with them for specifics of...
by Pam Morton | Feb 28, 2021 | Blog
This is a pic of my mom, Mary Lou. I find myself getting a bit emotional when I look at her. At 18, she had already experienced many life hardships…the death of her father, extreme child labor, poverty, heartache and limited education opportunities. She didn’t...
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