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All the stair climbing in Haifa is turning my calves into toast. Today I feel like I can hardly move, but off we go... Pain temporary...
| heddahfeddah I like how it is customary here to provide a cup of toothpicks along with your check after a meal. |
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| heddahfeddah @rvr I'm impressed. I couldn't eat my whole quinoa salad, but hey now I have instant leftovers! Mine was dressed with lemon and honey, yums. |
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| heddahfeddah Flyers all around the city in Hebrew mostly on these mini billboards http://twitpic.com/4zuy Plus some graffiti, covering this intersection |
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| heddahfeddah A couple shops before they opened this am, also not far from Massada Street subway stop. Stylized Hebrew everywheres http://twitpic.com/4zue |
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| heddahfeddah Typical Haifa apartment building, this one seen at about 7:30 this morning while I was walking from Massada subway http://twitpic.com/4zu1 |
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| heddahfeddah Some buildings look so blighted it's as though they were bombed. Last summer, maybe they were! Glad this summer's a little more peaceful. |
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| heddahfeddah Thinking about why my handbag gets checked makes me uncomfortable. But it's same reason ppl here are so serious and toughened at times. |
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| heddahfeddah My handbag gets checked by officers going into a small mall or restaurant. Walking around alone at midnight near hotel however seems fine. |
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| heddahfeddah There is blight here in Haifa but it seems to have different causes and effects than in US cities. Security concern here also has diff focus |
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| heddahfeddah there's that "you can't get there from here" feeling I know from New England. Many shortcut discoveries. Walk uphill at noon, die of sweat. |
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| heddahfeddah City of Haifa copes with steep mountainside with roads side to side and old staircases up and down. Trees everywhere, parks that meander. |
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| heddahfeddah Inside Greg's for after dinner refreshment. Little portraits on the wall. Great truffles. Open 24 hrs. Tres chic. http://twitpic.com/4xnt |
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| heddahfeddah Helpful sign reminding all who pass of the "danger of death!" http://twitpic.com/4xnr |
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| heddahfeddah View from our hotel room of Haifa Bay on evening of our arrival: http://twitpic.com/4xng No pesky screen, no bugs either, just breeze. |
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| heddahfeddah Tonight we had Asian fusion Israeli style. http://twitpic.com/4xn5 Lunch today was fruit, yogurt, hummous, bread from small grocery. |
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| heddahfeddah Outside Baha'i pilgrim center where I found respite from heat, int'l travelers and helpful everything: http://twitpic.com/4xmm |
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| heddahfeddah @astridiana so true, and you should see the train that travels the coastline - I'll get pics of that on the way home - v nice, cushions too. |
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| heddahfeddah Inside the Carmelit subway which operates in a straight line up, down the mountain in Haifa: http://twitpic.com/4xh7 - costs 5.5 shekels |
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| heddahfeddah Just took a ride on the Carmelit subway, not bad at all Haifa. |
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