May 20, 2012

Retz

Short trip home 2 weeks ago - photographs by Luise.


the thaya, the border...




very important - hands not in pocket, while posing for my czech friend over here.

May 15, 2012

La Cenerentola

What tragedy! Cindy ran away - again - leaving only a shoe behind - again (she really likes that game)- and with missing Link there is no one to rescue her - no wait!
We still got Israeli Jones!



He immediately assembled a crew of sidekicks, leading them to rescue that ungrateful country wench.





Barbarella didn't really care about the mission - as always she just wanted to enjoy herself and she used every chance to loll in the cool pools next to the trail.



Soon even iJones was corrupted... Cindy I'm wondering if this is the right prince for you.



Waiting for iJones...





... still waiting (even Barbarella had enough)...



... finally. On the road again.



Eventually we made it to the waterfall, where iJones lost the trail. He suspected, that Rapunzel helped to rope down Cindy.
Or maybe she fell.
We will never know.



Anyway, the view was nice!



The iJones-Sidekick-Parade!




May 6, 2012

Revisiting the throne of the birds

I've been at Mt. Yishay, but it is one of the places i really enjoy - this is from last week. update about yesterdays hike will follow (probably not today) - stay tuned.















lazy day

that is actually from a while back - the independence day, all the neighbors flagged their homes and cars...

Mar 31, 2012

Simba in the terrible twoes

Today our group made a trip to Eshkol Park, a site which played a very important role during world war I.
The Anzacs come from egypt to fight the turkish army and were stuck in israel with a long front - a huge battle with lots of victims: History.
Simba didn't like it at all, but no encouraging nor electroshocks from the grownup cars would convince him to keep going. He just flashed all the lights and stopped at the side of the road.
Check out Leah's Pics.


Long story shorter, a mechanic came, with a young(ish) blonde woman with red lackered nails on the passenger seat (i was told, that is quite common in israel - i guess always ready and willing waiting for calls might be boring every now and then...) - checked the electronics, put in a new battery and followed me to the garage for difficult cars, where he took back the lifesaving battery. Garages don't work on Saturday, not even the special ones, so i had to leave Simba overnight, alone on the road. I hope that will teach him.

Mar 24, 2012

Wadi Mishmar

In this episode Israeli Jones brought us to Wadi Mishmar.



We had no idea what was awaiting us. Foolish as we were, we were joking around...





... but then.
Da Da Dam...
we entered the canyon,...





... full of pools with deadly snakes. Even our fearless guide started sweating, when climbing the slippery rocks.



Some of us were unlucky...



not all of us would return...



(Can you guess how high the water was standing?)









Finally we reached the dome of the spring.
(There are two pple hidden in this picture. The place was huge.)



The spring - a tiny hole of about 3cm diameter in the wall.



Guarded by the spirit lion Mufasa, who was turned to stone by his brother Scar.



Mufasa could do nothing but watch the evil sorcerer, who lured the birds to him with food and water...



... but intended to catch and cook them for dinner (as he was tired of frog legs).



(no bird was harmed - they were way to fast. both sides did not get tired of this game. in the end the score was about 14:0 for the birds...)

Israeli Jones used his magic wand and transformed the sorcerer into a blue-headed gekko.



Well, ok. I'm not sure if I would watch the movie, but the stage is amazing.