On the 22.01.2013 an Swiss bicycle guy Allex came to the Old Jaffa Hostel and we started to talk on the roof. He explained that he was invited to visit a family at a city close to Jerusalem. We talk some more and found out that the city was called Mevasseret Zion close to Jerusalem. I asked him, as a kind of a joke if the famaly were called Rockman. He answered YES. The only family I know in the city and that is the family he is going to visit. What a small world we are living in. We agreed that the next day I would take him there.

We got up around 07;00 ( I was actually up at 04;00) and around 07;45 we left the Hostel on road #44 out of Tel Aviv. Not really a nice road but an easy one to get out of Tel Aviv on. We went to Ramla and stopped for breakfast and coffee that turned into a few. We stopped at the Shouk and bought some batteries for my GPS and camara. We continued and lost the road just outside the city but got on a sideroad for tractors. We went along the Railway for some time and found a tunnel under the Highway and got on the road #424 on the other side. We continued on this road until road #3 at the Latrun Monastery, right. We went south for finding the new Tel Aviv- Jerusalem bike Trail. at Boquk the trail is market with a cirkel and a bicycle with different colors combination for the trail. We bicycle on the amazing trail through some of the must beautiful landscape in the area and past an rest area with an bedouin tent where we went in to get a cup of the. We just left again when a hole school bus came with israeli kids but really a nice place. We continued on the trail to road #38 were we disided to leave the trail and continue on road # 394 for getting there faster. We went on this road that I have never been on before and it just went uphill and uphill and uphill and uphill like it would never stop, it was really beautifull and narrow, with a cliff at the side straight down and two cars have a hard time to pass. we arrieve to Mevasseret Zion just when it started to get dark and went to visit the family Rockman. He, Chaim was quite surprised to see me, because I didnt tell him that I were coming. We were invited for something to eat and we talked. I left again around 20;00 and took the bus back to Tel Aviv. Only NIS 18 and the bicycle was free. Really nice, I canwarmly recommant the new Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Bike Trail. Tov Meot.

Travelling with kids

I have not been doing a lot of travelling with my son Raphael, when he was a baby as I wanted. Except for a short tour to Mexico when he was around a year old. But I want to do more and we have lately been taking a few trips to Jerusalem to visit friends. Next Shabbath we are planning a trip down to Eilat with the bus and stay in a cheap hotel/ hostel for the night. The bus ride from Tel Aviv to Eilat takes around 5 1/2 hours.

Beer Sheva to Eilat

I guided 4 Germans 3 boys and 1 girl from Beer Sheva to Eilat, which was an amazing tour of 4 days and around 300km bicycling. We changed our plan of leaving from TLV due to Annabells graduation party on Wednesday morning, so we desided to take all 5 bicycle down to there and start from there. Tobias and Oliver came to Old Jaffa Hostel the night before to help out with the bicycles and they needed to buy some mattresses and drinking bladders as well.



Around 14:30 we took off from Beer Sheva after packing the bicycles and dividing our stuff and and filling up our bladders with drinking water. We were heading south and into road #40 direction Ein Boque where we stayed under the Sky in our sleeping bags and mattress. We locked the bicycle together and decided to sleep very close together. All night we had a couple of dogs running around and barking off anything that would move, so I didn't get that much sleep. Some of the others had ear plucks so the didn't hear much. The area had a gas station open 24 hours which we used at night time and early morning.



The next day we got up quite early 5:30 to get on the road before it was getting to hot. The target was Mitspe Ramon around 88 km south of Beer Sheva so another 40 km where we found an open restaurant just before coming into Mitspe Ramon. It is a very spiritual place with a really nice feeling. The are serving meals for NIS 48,- per hot meal, such as Princess of the Nile fish couscous, Goulash with rice, chicken with rice.
we asked if we could leave some of our stuff there for taking a bicycle tour to the Mahkesh crater and the visitor center. The price was NIS 23 to get in so we decided just to walk around close to the center and over the bridge from one area of the Crater to the other. On the way we past a repelling station where it is possible to rent equipment. we past the bridge over the road and went to the other side were we met a really nice Israeli couple that gave us some information about the camp ground down in the Crater. (to be continued)

before and after marriage

Very interesting. So read carefully

Before the marriage:

He : Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.
She : Do you want me to leave?
He : NO! Don't even think about it.
She : Do you love me?
He : Of course!
She : Have you ever cheated on me?
He : NO! Why you even asking?
She : Will you kiss me?
He : Yes!
She : Will you hit me?
He : No way! I'm not such kind of person!
She : Can I trust you?
He : Yes.
She : Dear!!

Now after the marriage you can read it from below to up!!!!

Wedding time in Tel Aviv/ Yafo

Yafo is a beautiful old City and in way the oldest City in the World and right now people are using this beautiful City for weddings. Both Israelis and Arabs are getting married and or holding their wedding and party here in this neighborhood. One way to see the differences between weddings is the Arab weddings have a lot of fireworks. You see women in amazing dresses and beautiful decorated cars driving around with honking horns.

Jewish state

Also I just know when I am sitting around here in Old Jaffa Hostel I am presented for the same issues again and again. An American who have just joined the family here a couple a months ago with a big star tattooed on his chest and a Christian guy are fighting again and again over same issues also today and it often come out that this is a Jewish state and Christian should not come here and praise. Fair enough as I know Christan and Arabs have also always been living here, just to let you know if somebody have forgotten it. I am proud of been Danish in my home country and specially during the 2nd world war it was not about being Jewish or Christian, when the Danes put a Jewish star on the clothing to spare live, but because we are human being all created by GOD... Maybe it is different here

Jerusalem Post

My Ex-wife is a Journalist and use to work for Jerusalem Post and I now a few Editors from there and I am going to submit my story to them and I hope to get some help because I really needs it by now to be able to stay in Israel. I am also going to submit it to Haaretz and a Danish newspaper Politiken in Denmark. I am sure that the Danes would like to hear how it is to leve in Israel and realized what kind of rights Christian have here. Danish people have again been very nice to Jewish people in the past and right now with all the episode about a newspaper publish some cartoons in Jyllands Posten and then 3 Embassies are suddenly burnt down in 3 different countries all Arab Countries. so if you are Christian you are not really liked either by Jewish or Arab people, nice to realize after what Danes have been doing of nice things to both. I feel it is nearly like living in the USA and get to now the story behind Thanks giving, when the Americans first shared a nice dinner with the Indians and than killed them.