Camping El-Rom Haifa
Kibbutz El-Rom Haifa, Israel
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R & R time
... 2 weeks with them. We just hope that they enjoyed themselves.
Today we roasted at the beach for 4 hours. Luckily there was a lovely breeze coming in off the water, which kept us comfortable. If it wasn't for the breeze, we would have left earlier. I am including some photos that were not yet posted, of our drive out to Tiberias.
If I may, I need to talk a moment about what is going on in the news here in Israel. Specifically ...
Naot factory and Rosh Hanikra
This morning we made our way north to Kibbutz Neot-Mordechai, which is just outside of Kiryat Shmona. This is where the factory is for the famous Naot sandals and shoes. It was about a 2 hour drive to get there.
Watching Randi and Davita was like kids in a candy store. Of course Annette was just the same. Then there was lonely me, with only one pair of sandals that I found. Annette bought two pair of ...
Sizzled at the beach
... all the windows. We had picked up a poppy seed loaf at the bakery for desert, and it was very nice. That was Randi's birthday cake. The girls are now off to bed, and will follow shortly. Tomorrow we are heading to Akko, which is the old medieval port. They have a nice old walled city to stroll around with a couple souks (markets). We then plan on hitting the beach later in the afternoon. Good ...
Cruisin' down the Israeli Coast
... there too, for nice effect.
After Akko we moved on to Haifa. The highlight here is definitely the Bahai Temple (like the one in Wilmette, close to Evanston) and its amazing, extensive and incredible gardens, which range from the top of the mountain down to the port. We saw some pictures of it before, and thought "those look like nice gardens" but nothing really prepares you for how immense they are! We could only go into little portions ...
Haifa and Akko
... Shrine on Mt. Carmel I taxi to the top of the hill where I meet my group. They are taking the tour of the Baha’i Gardens that starts at the top of the mountain and descends the steps toward the Shrine in the middle of the mountain. The gardens are lovely and peaceful, and rather astonishing in their scope.
After the tour we fight traffic to Akko for a tour of the old Crusader Castle, and the streets of the Ottoman ...


