{"id":1617,"date":"2007-11-18T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/18\/if-i-knew-the-w\/"},"modified":"2007-11-18T22:11:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T22:11:00","slug":"if-i-knew-the-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/18\/if-i-knew-the-w\/","title":{"rendered":"IF I KNEW THE WAY, I WOULD TAKE YOU HOME: TEL AVIV TO FRANKFURT AND THEN SOME"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bye_bye_israel\"<\/a>When you arrive in Israel this ramp is the entrance to your visit — the gateway to Ben Gurion Airport.  When you leave, it’s the way out, too.  It’s as good a spot as any to start this final travel post.  Just a few last looks around.<\/p>\n

\"Vat\"<\/a>This is VAT, where you get refunds on Israeli sales taxes if you live outside the country.  Some line, huh?<\/p>\n

\"Euro1\"<\/a>Our trip went through Frankfurt and we had a long layover – so why now lunch downtown?  It’s a quick trip from the airport on the train – for five bucks.  Which is relevant – because, right in the center of the first square past the station is this statue of — a EURO!!!  There was a sculpture of one, too, further down the street.  <\/p>\n

\n\"Ffurt_cranes\"<\/a>The city is growing, too.  I love this picture — new being built around the old.  Right in the middle of town…<\/p>\n

\n\"Stasi_frankfurt\"<\/a>This is the last picture.  When I was in Berlin I went to the Stasi Museum<\/a>, built in the old headquarters of the Stasi secret police in East Germany.  It’s a hated memory across the country, so this political poster stuck on a mailbox just seemed a way to tie up this trip too.  In Europe and here – and probably most other places, the ghosts of past horrors are how we interpret the present.  <\/p>\n

That’s why it’s so great to travel — and so great to come home, bearing our lessons with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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