Thursday, July 7, 2011

Into July

A lovely shot of the cupola of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Carmel in Haifa. Kelvin shot this. Awesome.

The past few days had been very trying - weatherwise it was stiffling hot and humid; healthwise the diarrhea and stomach cramps are awful. I wasn't feeling well at all.

Tourist groups have dropped drastically and the Ministry of Tourism is desperately salvaging the situation. Fears of war and the lousy economic situation in Europe is striking hard the tourist industry in Israel. Streets and churches are empty. This is a bad sign as we enter July - usually the high season for tourism.