More Than Four Sides

Category: Israel

  • Traveling in Israel with boys…

    I know I haven’t been here for awhile, and I kept meaning to post, but was tired of posting anymore about running (although I did recently finish my first half marathon, which was momentous), or about divorce, or about living alone.

  • Jewish Identity

    I’ve been catching up on my podcast listening, partly because of a reminder from my daughter about the new podcast Serial (which is fabulous!). My podcast subscriptions include three podcasts produced by The New Yorker magazine: New Yorker: Comment New Yorker: The Political Scene New Yorker: Fiction New Yorker: Outlook And the most recent episode…

  • Start of Day 5 – still in the desert

    From WOL On-Road D… Here we are loading into the bus on the last morning – our group had stayed at Kibbutz Ketura, a really lovely guest house within a Kibbutz that is focused on ecologically-sound agricultural practices. We had a lovely bar-b-que dinner the previous night, poolside – I was very sad that I…

  • So, Day #4 is over!

    Whew!! I think both Ron and I had tough days today – no rear wheels falling off while going through tunnels, but lots of headwinds and hills!! the thighs and knees are groaning!! but the scenery is amazing – there’s nothing like seeing the desert up close. the colors are glorious. The On-Road group started…

  • Day #3 – “It’s flat”

    Well, at least for the “On-Road” group of riders, one message that became abundantly clear to all of us was that Israeli bicyclists, when talking about elevations and the number of hills to climb, invariably LIE!! (i hope no one is offended by that, but it’s the truth). True – our third day of riding…

  • Day 2 – the dreaded climb!

    This first photo shows us at the rest stop after taking a nice easy, gorgeous ride up the coast of the Dead Sea – it was so beautiful that i didn’t take photos!!! This was the best pit stop as far as bathrooms went – AC and everything! The departure for the climb was the…

  • End of Day #1…resting up for the climb!

    I stayed at a youth hostel in Ein Gedi, with the rest of the “On-Road” riders, and Ron’s “Challenge” group, as well as the “Off-Road” group, went 20km further to Masada. The first photo shows me standing on the edge of the road, as we caught our first glimpse of the Dead Sea. The next…

  • In Ein Gedi after the first day of riding

    Took quite a few beautiful (and less than beautiful) photos today, our first day of riding out of Jerusalem on our way to Eilat. It started in pouring rain, and we were all waiting around getting soaked and shivering while they got the opening ceremony started, and finally let us out of the road. Then…

  • Alyn Hospital Tour

    On Friday mid-day, after we got back from our short ride to Yad Kennedy (a memorial to JFK located in West Jerusalem – the photo at the right shows Ron and Michael in front of the memorial) – Ron went off to run some errands, while I stayed back at Alyn Hospital for a tour.…

  • On the way to WOL (Wheels of Love)

    Here are Ron and I standing on an overlook on the western outskirts of Jerusalem, on a short bike ride with another rider, Michael, on Friday morning, to stretch out the legs after our flight in from JFK the day before! WOL – Wheels of Love – is a benefit bicycle ride in it’s 6th…