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Day Three begins with a walk from the center of Jerusalem to the Old City. * * * Our expert tour guide, Josh Even Chen, points out sites of historical, cultural and religious significance. * * * * Beduin woman tends her flock, as people in this region have done for thousands of years. * * * * * * * This olive tree in the garden of Gethsemane is about 2,000 years old. * * * * Outside of the many churches we saw. Some of the participants are devout Christians, others are just interested in the history. * * * * * * * * * * * * A few of the many soldiers we ran into during the day. * * * * * Heading up to Lions Gate * * * * * * * Hanging out with the Border Police, Old City, Jerusalem Hey, one of these guys is not like the others! Stephan blends in with the locals The Cardo dates back to Roman times, 1800 years ago. After many hours of walking the gang enjoyed a good meal of shwarma, humous, and pita. In the Jewish quarter. As we approach the area where the Holy Temple once stood (Cu...

The group began to arrive. For those who arrived on Friday I had to make sure they had food. This is Jerusalem, Jews observe the Sabbath and close down their shops on Saturday; no supermarkets, no restaurants. Sunday morning: Coffee and orientation. We study some Talmud; the laws of "Rodef - a pursuer", and the obligation to save another. Craig from Michigan emerges as a bit of rabbi and Talmudic scholar. We learn some Hebrew words, Boker Tov - Good morning. Eyfo Ha Autobus - Where is the bus? We take a long walk in Mitzpe Nevo and see the Judean desert, the homes that the US governement does not want us to live in, and we meet some local residents who don't seem nearly as fanatical as those that CNN shows on TV. Sunday morning, knife defense One p.m. Lunch at our local Humous place followed by a ride into the Judean desert; Nomads, camels, heards of goat and sheep. We stop for camel rides, negotiate for a while and agree on a price. Stephan from Germany matches the came...

Roadside Arab merchant and camel near the Dead Sea. My computer battery is running low and I am very tired (it's midnight here!) so I will try to keep this short! A great day!! Some cool things happened and some not so cool things as well...nothing big, but ironic. Our day started off at 7am when we all got up to look in the fridge and find that most of the groceries that we bought the night before were stolen by one of the other people in the neighboring room. The kitchen is shared between three rooms so there is some risk of misunderstanding, inconvienence and of course theft. I didn't really put anything in the fridge that I couldn't live w/o, so it wasn't any real big deal for any of us (Fred and Tim as well), but it did provide some entertainment for us. We taddled to the folks who run the place and they were very nice about everything and come to find out the person who allegidally took the food was a friend of the son of the owners...so, a phone call later and it...

This is the view from my porch of the B&B I am staying at. Ammunition Hill - Jeruselum , Israel. We're going to switch gears a little here folks. I'm going into travel writer mode for a spell while I'm here in Israel training. I hope you can just sit back and enjoy the ride along with me! It is about 7:30pm Israeli time, so about 2:40am in Michigan. I am sitting here in my bunk bed at the B&B I am staying at here in Israel http://www.bnb.co.il/house57/ . It is a really cool place with a wonderful couple, Dan & Ilana Tamir who own it. If you are in Israel I would highly recommend staying there. Very reasonable cost, clean and near many of the historical sites! The only thing I don't like about it is that has European style shower aka rather small. I don't really mind it, but I am a slob and so I get water everywhere (sorry about the mess guys). You'll have to excuse me because I am a bit jet lagged from my 22hr. flight, 9 hour layover and 8 more hou...

Listen to my latest discussion about Awareness on the Nationally Syndicated talk radion show Frontlines of Freedom - http://frontlinesoffreedom.com/ All the best~ ~Craig

Funny and well true! :-) ~Craig

Me at the gates of Hell in Hell, Michigan (ironically on my way back home w/Will "Buddha" Weatherby from Jack Hoban's Buyu Camp in September, 2010!) Hello all~ I am still sitting here listening to Robert Plant belt out the jams and I wanted to share some things with you; things that have been on my mind today regarding some marketing that I put out. Earlier today I put out a marketing flyer that promotes one of my upcoming seminars (www.roninkravmaga.com for more info!). I have always had a difficult time blowing my own horn (I know some of you are thinking, "yea right!" :-). It is the most assertive advertising that I have published to date. Anyway I have to admit that I feel a bit funny about it. Not that it's not true, because everything that I said is factual and honest. It is that I feel a little funny proclaiming it to the mass public and more importantly to all of you. I feel strange tooting my own horn to everyone on facebook, LinkedIn, all of my fri...