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Edinburgh – Day 2

29 July 2023

Breakfast at Ardmillan Hotel, Edinburgh

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Walking to the Royal Mile

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National Museum of Scotland | Edinburgh, Scotland
Explore the diversity of the natural world, world cultures, art and design, science and technology and Scottish history, all in one amazing building.

 

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The walk to the Waverley Station

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Waverley Station

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Walter Scott Memorial Edinburgh - Google Search
Dedicated to Sir Walter Scott, it is one of the largest monuments to a writer anywhere in the world. Join one of our tour guides to find out who Sir Walter…

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The National Galleries of Scotland

The National Gallery of Scotland - Google Search
The National is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in…

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Inside The National Gallery

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Up the hill to Edinburgh Castle

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Edinburgh Castle - The Iconic Scottish Tourist Attraction
Visit Edinburgh’s famous castle for a great family day out in Scotland.

 

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Royal Mile back to the hotel

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By cab to Waverley Station

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Lumo Train via Newcastle to London’s Kings Cross. Tube to Harrow

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Read our guide to Lumo trains, the newest East Coast Mainline operator. Find onboard services, routes & book cheap Lumo tickets with us.

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Glasgow – Edinburgh

28 July 2023

Wonderful meeting Shula and Philip Spain

John Lewis Glasgow - Google Search
John Lewis & Partners, Glasgow offers five floors of the best in fashion, beauty, home, giftware, technology (including Apple products) and electrical items…

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Tea at John Lewis

At the Queen Street Station

On the train to Edinburgh – beautiful scenery.

Glasgow to Edinburgh train - Google Search
The average journey time from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh (Waverley) is 1 hour 19 minutes. Journey times might be slightly longer on weekends and Bank Holidays…

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Murrayfield Stadium - Google Search
Murrayfield Stadium is a rugby stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a seating capacity of 67,144 making it the largest…

Edinburgh Waverley 

Edinburgh Waverley - Google Search
Waverley station opened in 1846 and was rebuilt between 1892 and 1902. It lies between the old town and modern Edinburgh, adjacent to Princes Street, Edinburgh…

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Ardmillan Hotel - Google Search
This straightforward family-run hotel is 1 mile from both Haymarket train station and Murrayfield rugby stadium, and 2 miles from Edinburgh Castle. … MOREBright, unfussy rooms, some with period features such as high ceilings, offer TVs with satellite channels, plus free Wi-Fi and tea and coffeemakin…

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The walk to Edinburgh Castle. 

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City Walk: Royal Mile Walking Tour, Edinburgh, Scotland
Self-guided walking tour: Royal Mile Walking Tour in Edinburgh, Scotland. This walk offers a detailed walk route map that can be printed out or downloaded to your mobile device.

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St Giles’ Cathedral

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The Royal Mile continued

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The walk back to the Ardmillan hotel

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Glasgow Scotland

27 July 2023

Meeting Susan Hodgins, Dorrith Sim’s daughter. We walk up the road to the Garnethill Synagogue.

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Meeting Harvey Kaplan, Director of the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre

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Glasgow Garnet Hill Synagogue - Google Search
The first Jewish community in Glasgow can be traced back to c1821. By the 1870s, the community numbered around 1,000 and looked to build a permanent synagogue…

 

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The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre Glasgow - Google Search
The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre is based in Garnethill Synagogue, the first purpose-built synagogue in Scotland and a beautiful Category A listed building…

Meeting Deborah Haase, the educator

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Singl-end Cafe & Bakehouse Garnethill - Google Search
Bohemian joint serving a wide array of creative dishes, homemade breads, cocktails and coffees.

Lunch with Steven Anson of Gathering The Voices

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Walk to down to the city

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The Corinthian Club Glasgow - Google Search
Situated in the heart of Merchant City in the former city judiciary courts, The Corinthian Club houses Teller’s Bar & Brasserie, Live Nightclub and Charlie…

 

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Queen Street Station Glasgow - Google Search
Glasgow Queen Street (GLQ) ... Travel shop located on the main concourse of the station, near the Dundas Street entrance/exit. ... There are no First Class Lounge…

Buying my ticket for travel to Edinburgh

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Glasgow Central Railway Station - Google Search
Glasgow Central (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Mheadhain) is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station was opened by…

Meeting David Sim

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The Buttery Glasgow - Google Search
Established in 1870, The Buttery stands as one of Scotland’s most beloved and renowned restaurants and is thought to be Glasgow’s oldest culinary establishment.

 

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The Easy Hotel Glasgow - Google Search
If you’re after cheap stays in Glasgow, then easyHotel is one of the best budget hotels in Glasgow for a value-for-money city break. Located near Glasgow…

Back to the Easy Hotel

 

 

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Israel – Glasgow

26 July 2023

Kiryat Malachi – goodbye to Sorrel for now!

On the way to Ben Gurion

 

Farewell to Eytan

BA to London then Glasgow

First time in Scotland

Glasgow - Google Search
Glasgow is a port city on the River Clyde in Scotland’s western Lowlands. It’s famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture, a rich legacy of the city’s 18th–20th-century prosperity due to trade and shipbuilding. Today it’s a national cultural hub, home to institutions including the Scottish…

 

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Israel Jerusalem – Day 7

25 July 2023

Train to Jerusalem

Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Train - Google Search
The easiest and most convenient way to travel between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is the new rapid train, which has been operating since 2019.

Hagana Station

Haganah Train Station - Google Search
Tel Aviv HaHagana railway station is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in southern Tel Aviv, Israel, serving most lines of Israel Railways.

Jerusalem Station

Jerusalem Train Station - Google Search
Construction of the station began in 2007 and was completed in 2018 at a cost of about NIS 500 million (appx. US$140 million). 2,674,840 passengers boarded or…

Bus to Givat Shaul

Givat Shaul - Google Search
Givat Shaul is a neighborhood in West Jerusalem. The neighborhood is located at the western entrance to the city, east of the neighborhood of Har Nof and…

Cousin Nachum Stepansky

With Nachi and Eytan

Lunch with Tony Sacks near Mahane Yehuda

Back up the hill to the train station

Jerusalem Light Rail - Google Search
Jerusalem Light Rail is a light rail system in Jerusalem. Currently, the Red Line is the only one in operation, the first of several light rail lines…

Mount Herzl - Google Search
Mount Herzl also Har ha-Zikaron is the site of Israel’s national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem…

Yad Vashem - Google Search
Thematic and Chronological Narrative ... About the Holocaust explores the history of the Holocaust thematically and chronologically. Each chapter in the narrative…

International School For Holocaust Studies - Google Search
Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies (ISHS), established in 1993, focuses upon – and excels in – providing quality Holocaust education to…

 

Yad Vashem Archives - Google Search
In 1953, the Israeli Knesset enacted the Yad Vashem Law, which determined that among its other missions, the task of Yad Vashem is “to collect, examine and…

With Karin Dengler

Jaffa Gate – Google Search
The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south. The old… 

The Hurva Synagogue - Google Search
In 1864, the Perushim rebuilt the synagogue, and although officially named the Beis Yaakov Synagogue, it retained its name as the Hurva. It became Jerusalem’s…

 

The Kotel - Google Search
A source of inspiration and prayer to connect the Jewish people from generation to generation ... The sacred western wall is the closest you’ll get to our jewish…

Back to the Station by bus

The train back to Tel Aviv

 

 

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Israel Day 6

ANU Museum of the Jewish People

24 July 2023

ANU Tel Aviv - Google Search
Anu Museum - Museum of the Jewish People: a museum in Tel Aviv of Jewish culture and art, which tells the story of the Jewish people.

With my Litvak friend Aryeh Shcherbakov 

The Lobby

 

The Exhibition

With my “alter hero”

Benjamin of Tudela - Google Search
Benjamin of Tudela was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the twelfth century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia…

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Poles. Lithuanians, Ottomans

Synagogues

Schuster Center Ramat Aviv - Google Search
This exclusive center lies in the prestigious Ramat Aviv Gimmel Neighborhood. The center offers a range of first class designer boutiques and stores,…

The bus to Florentin

With Eytan to see my sister, Sorrel

Kiryat Malachi

Back North to Florentin

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Israel Day 3- 5

21 – 23 July 2023

On the road to Ra’anana

Ayalon Highway - Google Search
Highway 20, more commonly known as the Ayalon Highway, or simply Ayalon is a major intracity freeway in Gush Dan, Israel. The road runs along the eastern…

Ra’anana - Google Search
Ra’anana (Hebrew: רַעֲנָנָּה, lit. “Fresh”) is a city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1922 as an American…

Niece Kim, Lance and the boys

22 July 2023

Judd, Troy & Kyle

Jaye, Justin, Alon, Jordan & Edden

Ros & Selwyn

David & Batya 

23 July 2023

On the bus to Tel Aviv with Kim

Tel Aviv

Visit Sorrel with Eytan & Kim

On the way to Herzliya

Herzliya Israel - Google Search
Herzliya is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and…

 

Herzliya Pituach

Herzliya Pituach - Google Search
Herzliya Pituach (Hebrew: הרצליה פיתוח) is an affluent beachfront neighbourhood in the western part of the city of Herzliya, Israel, in the Tel Aviv District.

Phillip & Rochelle Levy in Ra’anana

 

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Israel Day 2

20 July 2023

Visiting Sorrel near Kiryat Malachi

שיכון חדש · Azor, Israel
Azor, Israel

Back to Tel Aviv

Jaffa Tayelet

Jaffa - Google Search
Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo and in Arabic Yafa (Arabic: يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, is an ancient Levantine port city founded by the Canaanites that…

 

 

 

Abulafia Bakery - Google Search
Aug 4, 2023 — Abulafia is an old style bakery, they have great big brick ovens and are a white flour institution, you will not find whole grain there. They…

Jaffa

Evan

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Israel Day 1

Riga to Tel Aviv

19 July 2023

Overnight flight and sleepy!

Arrival!

Ben Gurion Airport - Google Search
Ben Gurion Airport Yours and for you, ever since. Arrivals Departures. Think ahead, plan your trip. Terminal 3 Terminal 1. Terminal 3. Parking Terminal 3.

 

 

Lev Tel Aviv – 19 July 2023

Lev Tel Aviv - Google Search
Lev Tel Aviv (Dizengoff Center) ... Address. Dizengoff Center 50 Dizengoff st., Tel Aviv 3rd floor ... whatsapp. To join lev Tel-Aviv’s WhatsApp group press.

Nephew Eytan & Niece Nicci

       

Kiryat Malachi

Kiryat Malachi - Google Search
Kiryat Malakhi is a city in the Southern District of Israel, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Ashkelon. In 2021 it had a population of 25,022.

Retirement home

  

My sister Sorrel

Neve Tsedek

Kiryat Malachi - Google Search
Kiryat Malakhi is a city in the Southern District of Israel, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Ashkelon. In 2021 it had a population of 25,022.

   

     

Charles Clore Beach

Charles Clore Beach - Google Search
Charles Clore Beach is conservative and very isolated which gives you a feeling of tranquility. The beach located around the park named after Charles Clore.

Carmel Market

Carmel Market Tel Aviv - Google Search
The Carmel Market (the Shuk HaCarmel) is the largest market – or shuk – in Tel Aviv. It’s a vibrant marketplace where traders sell everything from clothing…

Beit Shtraus Area

Beit Shtraus Area Tel Aviv - Google Search
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Lev Tel Aviv

Neve Tsedek

Florentin

Florentin Tel Aviv - Google Search
Neighborhood in Tel Aviv, Israel

 

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Five Hours in Riga

18 July 2023

Breakfast at Hotel Conti in Vilnius

Change in flight schedule means I can spend five hours in Riga, on my way to Tel Aviv

  

Riga International Airport - Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Bus from airport to Old Town – Vecriga

A walk around Riga – a map of the area

The building my grandfather, Socher Zeldin, lived in a hundred years ago.

 

 

Riga Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral - Google Search
Riga Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral

Freedom Monument Riga - Google Search
The Freedom Monument (Latvian: Brīvības piemineklis), is located in Riga, Latvia, honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence…

 

  

Vecrīga - Google Search
Vecrīga (“Old Riga”) is the historical center and a neighbourhood (as Vecpilsēta) of Riga, Latvia, located in the Central District on the east side of…

 

 

OLD RIGA HOTEL VECRIGA | ⋆⋆⋆⋆ | LATVIA | SEASON DEALS FROM €290
Hotel Old Riga Vecriga Riga - 4 star hotel. This 4-star Old Riga Boutique Hotel “Vecriga” is situated close to Powder Tower and offers airport shuttle bus service, 24 hour front desk assistance and …

Stayed here a few times 

Walking the Old Town

House of the Blackheads (Riga) - Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

St Peter’s Church Riga - Google Search
Petrikirche) is a Lutheran church in Riga, the capital of Latvia, dedicated to Saint Peter. It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia.

 

Peitav Synagogue - Google Search
The Peitav Synagogue or Peitav-Shul is the only synagogue in Riga to have survived the Holocaust and to be currently active. It is a center of the Latvian…

 

 

Riga Marketplace - Google Search
Marketplace is a convenient destination on Facebook to discover, buy and sell items with people in your community.

 

Riga Soviet Tower - Google Search
Latvian Riflemen Monument

 

Ruins of the Choral Synagogue
This synagogue was completed in 1871 but it was burned down on 4th July 1941 after the Nazi German occupation of Riga. 20 Jews were locked and killed in the basement. Only ruins, a metal menorah, and a memorial stone remain. A memorial to Zanis Lipke and other Latvians who saved hundreds of Jews is…

 

Back to the airport – on way to Tel Aviv

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