Finally! The tickets are booked, the visa is secured, bags are packed (ok now thats not true) and I’m all geared up to go.
3 days in Jerusalem – living in an hostel in the Muslim quarter, celebrating Sabbath with guys from Jewish school, praying at the Church of Nativity (where the dude was born) in an area currently controlled by Palestinians, watching the sun set over the Dome of the rock (where Hindus are not allowed for some reason). phew! so much pressure 
(Too boring to link to wikipedia articles)
2 days in Tiberius region – browsing nearby areas where the Egyptians, Romans, Jews, Byzantines, Arabs (list truncated) fought with each other and built and destroyed structures. Cycling for a day around the sea of Galilee if the weather is good.
2 days in Haifa region – Bahai gardens, Knights Templar, Arab markets and other places with funny names.
Then 8 days at Tel Aviv University preaching divine MBA knowledge that I am still acquiring (thats the primary reason they are sending me to Israel for).
2 days to float on the Dead Sea, Massada and some more religious tourism (too bored to fix pronoun references).
2 final days in the Negev desert dancing and drinking with the Bedouin tribes
All this is ‘planned’. Lets see how much an individual like me can do.
Like Celine, I feel more like a traveler than a tourist. It’s been almost 16 months since any major trip, and I’m so looking forward to this trip
See y’all wonderful people next year!
PS: Its snowing like crazy in Toronto after like 60 years. Everyone is indoors. A couple of us got together and made business plans for Maternity homes. Looking for angel investors.
Last few days I’ve been excited all the time. Ask me why. Ok I’ll tell anyway.
Bhutan
Canada
India
Israel
Peru
Russia