israeli firepeople let you get as close as you like

friendly greg, the globetrotting film maker

fur elise

'one in seven people in israel speaks russian'

on the train to acre/akko

the mediterranean

akko

tsfat artist colony

driving to avram's place at kibbutz sarid

kibbutz kids dressed up in IDF gear for their middle school graduation skit

our private abode on the kibbutz

mannequins in nazareth

the vacated communal dining hall

avram in his sculpture studio

milkers

office in the milking building

late afternoon swimming lessons on the kibbutz

our tent on the rooftop (jerusalem)

the old city

security at the wall

souq

stairwell full of books

jerusalem

asians singing christian music on ben yehuda

dirty looted archaeo-merchandise

on the bus to be'er sheva (elise guest artist)

don't waste your time in be'er sheva

muslim cemetery in be'er sheva

back on the rooftop

at the jerusalem bird conservatory, next to the knesset

more tour busses, at masada

in the masada tram car

at the dead sea

the heat makes your head spin

looking for a ride back to jerusalem in 113 degree F dry heat

recovering from actual heat exhaustion at kibbutz ein gedi

tel aviv