Musings of distant traveller

This blog combines our vast experience in blogging Middle East culture and visiting coffee shops - some of which have roaches roaming freely through its premises, i have cynically termed these 'free range cockroaches'...

United by our love of Lost (though the Norwegian is a season behind much to our dismay) we embark on this blogging adventure.

The Norwegian may find blogging difficult so apologies in advance if the language comes out like snorkendorken - but she's a trooper who just took a personal day off life and has yet to come back.

There's a gossip in all of us - for her, gossip gets half way around the world before the truth gets its shoes on...

There's also a cynic in all of us - some more than others, so we (read: the cynic) will try to provide guides and tips for those wishing to gain an insight into Israeli society at its best and worst...

Watch this space.