Calling All OptiBoard Photographers (Summer/Fall 2005)

[gnogin]

... Here are some more shots of Jerusalem.
Hey, " nosy grannma" !
How about that glassed up 2-level with 360 degree view penthouse for $2,6M...?

[gnogin]

http://www.jpost.com/
....................................................
Former Mayor Teddy Kollek dies at 95.

[gnogin]

More ...
...just in case anyone is interested- the villa in the last
shot is in Old Katamon- now under restoration,an example of late XIX-th century Turkish architecture one can still find in Jerusalem .
...more in the next post:)

[gnogin]

....here are 5 more shots from Old Katamon...:D

[gnogin]

Took a day off and visited Wadi Kelt in Judean Hills-
there is the monastery of Saint George.
more?

[gnogin]

The history of this place goes way back to the VI-th century.
http://www.geocities.com/m_yericho/kelt.htm

[Jacqui]

Number 4 is cute

[Jacqui]

I remember this:) :) :)

[gnogin]

those modern monks were very interesting...
...they got me hooked on this-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHNb...elated&search=
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans !
Where were You?

[gnogin]

....just in case anyone is still interested -
here is a great site -
http://www.cityofdavid.org.il/hp_eng.asp

[gnogin]

A few shots of Haifa and the bay from Mt. Carmel.
...the Dome of Bahai Temple
and the gardens on the last photo:)

[gnogin]

...more Haifa streets and the beach...
any critique ?

[gnogin]

Katzrin is a town in Golan - small, compact, modern
and green.
Because of the town's location ,
one can see the Lake of Kinneret (Tiberias) from anywhere.
Enjoy...

[gnogin]

This city was founded in 1928 and named after an American Jewish
philantropist Nathan Strauss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netanya
Some write it as Netanya.
Anyhow- there are some beautiful beaches
and great people.
...sign on the 3rd photo
identifying the beach for religious
--- women are separated from men...
by the way this beach is closed on saturday:)

Enjoy !

[GOS_Queen]

swoon ....


I LOVE Haifa ~ and that first picture you have is probably one of the most beautiful views in the world ~


:cheers:

[GOS_Queen]

I love Tiberias ... so peaceful

[gnogin]

...more beautiful Natania's beaches....
check out the houses on the cliff.
:drop:
BTW,
if anyone is opposed to my posts,
please, let me know...
:hammer: and i shall ,perhaps, participate in
ophthalmics,
optical ethics,
politics in optical industry,
or my favourite topic -
- whose company name sounds better-
LensLab,LensCrafters,LensMasters,
:) LensForYourEyes,LensShark...etc
...o,well,
but i intend to continue for "that nosy Grannma":D

[gnogin]

I love Haifa as well - one of most beautiful locations in the world-
- reminds me of SF and Anchorage.
And I'd live there, if it were not for the damn 90% humidity.
All coastal plain in Israel has this minus-
where as for Jerusalem -
here its 15-30% most of the year:D
:(...although its pourring cats and dogs right this moment..with thounder:hammer:

[gnogin]

...lil known fact- the town stands on a mineral water spring...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatzrin
So when i visit my freinds there -
mineral water bath or at least a few showers
:shiner: is a must!

[Jacqui]

but i intend to continue for "that nosy Grannma":D

Thank you :) :) :)

[GOS_Queen]

:(...although its pourring cats and dogs right this moment..with thounder:hammer:

We get lots of rain here in the pacific northwest - anywhere from a drizzle to a downpour ... everything in between! I miss thunderstorms - we get a few but not as many as we had in southern Idaho ~ I love to see the sky crackle!

[GOS_Queen]

I actually have experienced some mineral springs there! awesome!

[gnogin]

.....honestly,
after NYC with its 105'F in August and 2'F in February,
after Juneau ,AK with its rain 8 days a week all year around,
Anchorage with ( i never forget) a first snowfall on Halooween of 1994 - only 52 inches....
I'll take Jerusalem's dryness and average 320 sunny days a year.
And if i want to make a "beach saturday "- 1/2 hour taxi ride to Tel Aviv...

[gnogin]

Just north of Jerusalem in the mountains
between moshavs Ora and Aminadav is located JFK Memorial .
Built in 1966 by architect David Resnick.
Among others his projects were
The Mormon University's branch on Mt. of Olives,
The Jerusalem Hyatt and
the Resnick dorms of the Hebrew U,
where i had lived a semester in 1983.
Check out the strip-like columns- there are 51 of them-
50 states and DC.
There also is a grave of Arthur Rubinstein and a memorl to Elsa Lasker-Schueller .
And some magic vistas...
all that in my next post.

[gnogin]

:)
Here some views of the Lake and the city of Tveria.
Enjoy.