Paul Jacobson

Category: Travel and places

  • "… the difference between living as a Jew outside Israel and as a Jew in Israel"

    I just read an article by Brian Thomas titled “Yom Kippur, Tel Aviv style” which I really enjoyed. He pretty much sums it up with in these two paragraphs: That is the difference between living as a Jew outside Israel and as a Jew in Israel: here we can just BE Jewish and the calendar…

  • One morning at the office

    I’ve been walking to work a lot lately. I live relatively close and I’ve come to enjoy being on foot, for the most part. You notice a lot more about your environment when you walk it and when I walk with my camera (which is often lately), it’s not difficult to find new subject matter.…

  • Taking the train

    I presented at a Protection of Personal Information Act seminar today and took the Gautrain instead of driving out to the venue. I took my camera with me and, on the way back, I took a number of photos at the Rhodesfield station just outside the OR Tambo airport. I enjoy taking the Gautrain (I’m not…

  • Mini cityscape

  • SANRAL's destructive obsession with secrecy

    SANRAL’s latest strategy just fuels the public’s distrust and seems to have been developed by people who are determined to alienate the public as much as possible. The Times has an article titled “Sanral can’t honestly hope to keep public in dark” which begins with this: According to Business Day, the application for secrecy on…

  • Spectacular mountain landscape

    This popped up in my Flickr feed. Spectacular view to kickstart a Monday morning:

  • A young me in Ireland a decade ago

    I just came across this old photo of me on a trip to Ireland with my friend Jonathan. This is me a decade ago. I really look young then!

  • Quiet tea and something to read

    Enjoying some quiet time in our hotel room at the Tsogo Sun Silverstar Hotel with some reading material and tea.