For Mom, Love Steve

Bethlehem is a must see especially those who like Christmas and God. The Milk Grotto Church (Mary lactated there) is my favorite church as it was very contemporary and had a high tech feel to it. Beautiful stained glass windows and the nuns were all neat and pressed.

Beautiful Nazareth, although the historic sites are surrounded by main stream buildings. No more wooden barns or mangers to be found anywhere anymore.

Jerusalem at night from Palestinian side.

Not too much in Ramallah, but it was worth it to pay homage to Yassar Arafat. You know the guy, PLO, red and white checkered head dress, kind of a radical guy…

Israel is fucked up. There, that’s it. Pretty damn simple and concise. Unfortunately, as brutal as it sounds, you would probably be hard pressed to find anybody who could repute it.

Okay, I guess I should preface in big bold letters, THIS IS STRICTLY INFORMATION ACCORDING TO ME. Do not agree, fine, post a comment with any discrepancies, it is fine because I will be the first to shout, “I don’t know everything and barely know above anything.” Also, this stuff will be very basic as I would probably not read it if it was to concise and therefore would not be very Stevish.
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Palestine, Occupied Terrirories, or the West Bank and Gaza Strip as they are known was my final destinations after hitting all the Israel spots. I based myself in Jerusalem and did day trips as they were not very far ... [Continue reading this entry]