I am effectively homeless. As such, I’ve been developing a healthy appreciation for facial hair, cheap booze, and crack. Not really (I still hate facial hair), but this Birthright trip is the ideal segue into the nomad life. We’re mostly off the grid, we’re not staying anywhere longer than a night, and last Monday, we […]
Monthly archives for June, 2015
Such Beautiful Insignificance
We hiked Masada before sunrise. From the Roman Ramp, you can see how the Jews were able to hold the city for six months: the climb is steep and narrow, the climbers are exposed to the elements and (though it wasn’t the case this Monday) to projectile fire from the battlements above. My traveling companions […]