Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. The Scouts in Meitar had their traditional first-night-of-Chanuka torch parade tonight! It was freezing cold but the kids walked ...

. You surely recognize good St. Nicholas. But do you recognize his opposite, the evil devil Krampus? Every child in Austria knows abou...

. Runner-up for City Daily Photo shop window theme day: these strange Glücksschweinchen !  Good luck pig pillows in a Vienna store win...

. Want to buy a Lipizzaner stallion? (Or how 'bout a pewter soldier?  Enlarge the photo to choose one.)   The Viennese are ver...

. A white Lipizzaner stallion!!!! Two weeks ago in Vienna my childhood dream came true and I got to meet these fantastic horses of the ...

. As a way of celebrating Thanksgiving I went walkabout in the desert just outside my town. Inside my secret cave in a hidden ravine I ...

. Yesterday I stood in this line outside the Be'er Sheva branch of Bituah Leumi, Israel's social security institute. It was lik...

. The greening of Israel. With the first rains the dry summer brownness gives way to refreshing greenness. .

. It was just a week ago that I set foot in Vienna and in a famous Viennese cafe for the first time. At the time I didn't reali...

. Happy children playing ping-pong on the marble table under the linden tree in the courtyard ( Hof ) of the Austrian Franziskus communi...

. Today being World Toilet Day ,  just wanted to show you these cute Damen und Herren signs on the door of a new WC in rural Austria. ...

. Last night was the first time for me to fly Air Berlin, now Germany's second largest airline. My Vienna to Berlin and Berlin to T...

. A poster on the street outside Belvedere. Merisi Vienna   made sure I got into the right gallery to see the famous painting by Austri...

. Sphinxes at Vienna's beautiful Belvedere . The early 18th century palace in the reflecting pool this evening. And here w...

. Flags at half-mast this morning at the French embassy in Vienna. Many Austrian police at the gate. "Je suis Paris"...

. After a month of working on the farm in rural Austria I came up to Vienna today. My first time!  I started wandering around the ...

. A strange sunset here in rural Austria. . (Linking to SkyWatch Friday .) .

. What a relief -- no more raking leaves in the courtyard. (Can you tell it's R day at ABC Wednesday ?) The leaves have all fa...