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show and tel aviv: September 2012
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Saturday, September 29, 2012. Here are more pics from our recent travels to Istanbul. These are taken from 3 main sights from the old city. First up.the Hagia Sophia. This is a must-see of Istanbul. It was the largest cathedral in the Christian world from 326 until 1453 when the Muslims took it over and made it into a mosque (adding minarets). After WWI, Ataturk made it into a museum. It's ginormous. Below is the Basilica Cistern. The Georg...
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show and tel aviv: November 2012
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Saturday, November 24, 2012. After a little over a week of hostilities, a ceasefire. Is impressive defensive system, but ultimately it is band-aid that will never cure the actual disease. [ http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20385306. As for team Welch, we're enjoying some well-needed time off, visiting our Olmsted friends in Europe. Ironically, this trip was planned before any of this mess started, but after a bus blew up. Will an...
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show and tel aviv: November 2013
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Monday, November 18, 2013. 10 Things we'll miss about Israel. 1 The Food - So fresh, so tasty, and so healthy. I never thought I’d use my grill for eggplant more than meat, but that was the case. 2 The Weather- sunny and 75 – 80 for 10 months of the year. Seriously.What’s not to like about that? 4 The Garden Tomb- A must-see for any visitor to Jerusalem. This is, in my opinion, the antidote to the the over-churched crowded feel of the O...
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show and tel aviv: January 2013
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Of all the memories we will have to take with us from this Olmsted experience, this one will certainly stand out. Just before Christmas this past year, Lydia and Will were baptized in the Jordan river, not far from where Jesus himself was baptized by John the Baptist. Lydia was very ready for her big day. Scandalous amount of thigh showing for a baptism but unfortunately I only remembered tights for Lydia. Anoth...
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show and tel aviv: Jazz From the Middle to the East -- CD Review
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Friday, December 26, 2014. Jazz From the Middle to the East - CD Review. Recently, I came across a review of our 2013 album ("From the Middle to the East"- recorded in Tel Aviv) in ALL ABOUT JAZZ online magazine. Recording this album was one of many fond memories I have from our time in Israel, and one of the highlights of my Olmsted experience. To read the review, click here. To listen to the album on i-Tunes: click here. Fortress Israel: ...
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show and tel aviv: October 2014
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Gaza and the Golan Heights. Above is Maj Gen Steven Shepro, another Olmsted Scholar now on the Joint Staff, looking out towards Gaza. We were briefed on the tactical details of the recent 50-day conflict between Hamas and Israel. This was the longest conflict Israel has been in since their War of Independence in 1948. Note the cables running along the Left and right side of the tunnels. Some of these passages...
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show and tel aviv: Gaza & the Golan Heights
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Gaza and the Golan Heights. Above is Maj Gen Steven Shepro, another Olmsted Scholar now on the Joint Staff, looking out towards Gaza. We were briefed on the tactical details of the recent 50-day conflict between Hamas and Israel. This was the longest conflict Israel has been in since their War of Independence in 1948. Note the cables running along the Left and right side of the tunnels. Some of these passages...
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show and tel aviv: July 2013
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Tuesday, July 30, 2013. I am heartbroken to hear of her passing, yet so glad to have known her, and so very blessed to have had the chance to play music with her. Thank you, Dalia.this one's for you. The welches / הוולציס. Saturday, July 27, 2013. I finally made it to iTunes! Then we did this same process again for a session we recorded with our Brazilian friends. That became " The Brazilian Session. All albums are available online. These a...
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show and tel aviv: April 2013
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Wednesday, April 17, 2013. It’s my biggest irrational fear. That, and snakes. Snakes in water is also up there. So, what better way to face the fear than a 12 day Mediterranean cruise? Did I mention that I get ridiculously sea sick? There better not be any snakes. Open water here we come. Can somebody pass the Dramamine? The welches / הוולציס. Monday, April 8, 2013. Holocaust Memorial - Dachau. Since being selected for the Olmsted Program a...
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show and tel aviv: December 2012
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Show and tel aviv. Our family adventures in Israel.shalom y'all! Sunday, December 30, 2012. AKA Walking in a Winter Wonderland. Stop number two on the Welch-Winter-Euro-Extravaganza was Munich, Germany. We left sunny 80 degree Tel Aviv weather, stopped in Florence for what felt like Fall, and then we were transported into a German Winter wonderland. The cold was a little shocking at first, I'm not gonna lie. But our family had been longing for some cold, wintry weather and authentic Christmas spirit.
