Jerusalem

I'm a big believer that this book isn't just about following around entrepreneurs and asking them business questions. It's about absorbing the culture of the place they are from. So it seemed fitting to spend my first day in Israel touring old Jerusalem with Cathy Brooks. We did this last year with the "Traveling Geeks" group, and it was powerful both times, but it different ways. We spanned about 4,000 years of history and three major religions in one very packed day. Touring the several-thousand-year-old water system of the City of David, it was clear that Israelis were always innovating problem solvers! The whole experience was beautiful and intense.

Finally we made it back to a rainy Tel Aviv and realized we'd eaten nothing since breakfast. So we inhaled some delicious burgers.

Here's mine, topped with bacon and an egg. Delicious!

Then dessert came...

We cut open the cake and warm chocolate oozed out...

"OK, Cathy *one* bite..."

Ahem...

Today, my calves are aching and my mind is still spinning, so I'm holed up in my lovely hotel catching up on some work for Yahoo, TechCrunch and BusinessWeek. Gotta pay the bills!