Been boning up on guidebooks:
- Jerome Murphy O'Conner, The Holy Land -- [the truly prolific Fr Jerome has been at Jerusalem's Ecole Biblique since 1967] -- fat [and heavy] black & white paperback from the Oxford Guide Series -- lots of great maps.
- Inman & McDonald, Eyewitness Travel: Jerusalem & the Holy Land -- gorgeous book with load of color pictures, but surprisingly irregular descriptions.
- Kay Prag, Blue Guide: Israel and the Palestinian Territories -- detailed black & white paperback -- not enough maps, and skips some important locations, but loads of detail for others -- my favorite guidebook, so far.
- oh! and let's not forget Porter's Birds of the Middle East -- oh! so heavy! but EVERY bird in the Middle East with great pix and drawings and maps and songs and all the right stuff.
So I'm filling up my brand-new "Rick Steves" carry-on bag with heavy books, and light clothing.
Filling up my new BlackBerry phone, too, with 2.5 gigs of music so far -- on the other hand, looks like phone calls to it are pretty pricey. Looks like I'll be using Skype instead -- look for me on Skype at "robert.g.dietel".
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BON VOYAGE! and have a safe trip. I will be watching for updates and will pass them on to your St Aidan's family.
Nancy M
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