We’re There

After a smooth plane journey and three hours on t he coach, we arrived in Sweden last night and delivered our students to their host families.
This morning they followed their penfriends while we, teachers, attended a PE lesson (see photo above) where the students learned about heart beats and pulses before a short orienteering race [...]

10 Reasons To Visit Italy

- It is a beautiful country. Whatever the sort of scenery you enjoy, you’ll find something to please you: there are mountains, hills, beaches and lakes.

- The museums and art exhibitions are well worth a visit. There are also palaces, gardens, arenas, Roman theaters, churches (for those of you who visit them) and beautiful town [...]

Overnight Stay

On the way to Northern Italy, we have stopped in a European city. Can you guess where it is?
The previous post might help. Here is another clue: August 1897.
The Judaica above was photographed this evening in the shop window of an antique dealer next to our hotel.

Traveler’s Frustration

I don’t usually regret being a woman rather than a man except for two or three things. I was reminded of one yesterday as I read a traveller’s book.

I picked this book on my friend’s bookshelves because of its unusual format (it was a paperback which had the size of a graphic novel) and a [...]

Visiting the Area

Last week we went away for a 24 our visit in the country. Friends of ours live in a small region called Thiérache in the North-east of our region.
It is a rural area which consists mainly of hedged farmland (or enclosures) – as oposed to openfield. When you drive or walk in the area, all [...]

Shuls in Hong Kong

Ohel Leah
When planning a trip, I like to search the net and find a synagogue within walking distance of the place where I am staying. Unfortunately it is not always as easy as it may seem. So when I was getting ready to go and visit my brother and his family in [...]

Dealing with Difficult Teenagers

This has been a hectic day. It all began last night just after Shabbes after our Swedish guests had arrived for a friendly and relaxing meal.
We host one of the three Swedish teachers and as we had already started eating her cell phone rang. One of her students was on the phone complaining that her [...]

Flights and Kosher Meals

One fellow blogger, whom I’ve already mentioned on this blog, wrote a post in August about kosher food on planes. As it’s only about four years since I became observant, I had never really bothered about kosher meals during flights. In addition my most recent flights were short ones to Sweden or Hungary where only [...]

Holidays and homelessness

I am back from ten days in Toulouse, South of France. It is a beautiful city and although the weather was disappointing for this time of year we managed to do a lot of sightseing. But this is not the point.One of the things that struck me most about this place was the [...]