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  • Hemmingway, Chiam Potok and most Russian authors:
    These are my "go-to" books.
  • Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

    Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
    This is the one I last finished.... If you're interested in the Middle East/Islamic cultures, women's rights and/or the power of literature, you'd probably be a fan. I'm into all three of those, so, yeah, I liked it.

  • Jasper Fforde: The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel

    Jasper Fforde: The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel
    My sister is a big fan, so I've decided to check it out. A little more fantastical than my usual fare, but...pretty interesting. I am supplementing it with another book about a childhood spent in Africa so as not to feel too shallow. Not that fun books are "shallow." I just gravitate toward realistic (and, for some reason, usually dark) stuff. So this is different for me. But different might be ok. We'll see....

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March 15, 2008

Day 12: Israel Continued

Well, just a couple more days left over here.  In customary group-tour fashion, down times continue to be few and far between, so once again, I'll have to save the descriptions for later.  Until then, here are a few more pictures....  Hope all is well with all of you.  : )

Ejordan_jerash 1) Roman ruins in Jordan.  Called Jerash.

Esea_of_galilee 2) Sea of Galilee.

3) Caesarea on the Mediterranean.  Herod was crazy but had some incredible places built.Ecaesarea_israel

Edead_sea_view_from_massada_2 4) View of the Dead Sea from Masada...which was another one of Herod's crazy (but amazing) palaces.  It's like a small city built in the sky.

Ejerusalem_view_from_mnt_olives 5) Looking out over Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.

6) An alley near where King David's tomb could have been (but probably really isn't).  : )Etomb_of_david_alley   

Epalestinian_policeman_bethlehem7) And last but not least: a Palestinian police officer in Bethlehem.

Quite an interesting place....  Ok, that's it for now.  Have a great weekend! 

Comments

Great photos! Am insanely jealous of your travels in that area of the world. Speaking of world travel, when are you heading our way? We've got a great airmattress for you and there's lots to see and do in London (and beyond!)
Hope you've had a chance to rest up...
Catch you later!
Becky

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  • *WHERE*
    Pasadena, California
  • *WHO*
    Well, I'm Andrea, and this is my blog. Other people's names will pop up now and then, too, but I'll try to explain those as I go.
  • *WHAT*
    I'm still working for the same organization with which I went to China...except now I'm in southern California, assisting OTHER teachers in China (and elsewhere in Asia).
  • *WHEN*
    After graduating college in the summer of 2001, I moved to China and taught English for a year. Then I returned to the States - first to the Northwest, then to Florida - until returning to China (Tibet) in the spring of 2005. After teaching there for three months, I returned to Florida (where I lived a total of almost two years)...then to the Northwest...then back to China in February 2006. I stayed there until July 2007. Then, after a couple of months with my family in the Northwest, I moved to California (September 2007)...which brings us to now. Simple, yeah?
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