Caesar Resort Hotel Tiberias

... with a palm tree pained on it. I cautiously went inside and discovered a goldmine. Silon, honey, wine, grains, you name it. Sarah and I spent lots of shekels here and bought 2 jars of silon and 4 jars of honey plus lots more. We were now approaching shabbot and everyone in the store was in a super happy and friendly mood. At the entrance to the kibbutz is Yardenit. A prime tourist spot and the place ...

... told to bring flashlights). The experience was Disney-esque, and fun, although we were relieved to see the light of day at the end of the tunnel. <br><br>Our tunnel experience continued at another totally-different site that we visited. The Western Wall is considered to be the holiest Jewish site existing today. The Second Temple stood near this support wall back before it was destroyed in 70 AD. However, many people don't know that the wall they see is only one ...

... The restaurant we stayed at had a view of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus walked on water. My dad ordered for us, it was all sorts of appetizers, and for the main course chicken and meat. We got to see the dying of the sun as it sank over the hills and my camera ran out of battery.<br><br>When it was time to leave we all got in our cars and drove out. I went to bed in the car and when I woke up we were lost in Irbid. and again we were ...

... time to get out of town and head north.<br><br>We found our way through Jerusalem traffic to the road toward the Dead Sea, in no time back in the stark desert hills, heading past the sea level markers, down down down. This time, we took a left (north) along the Jordan Valley road, past Jericho, Israeli settlements, and Palestinian villages. Our GPS did not work on the West Bank (security reasons, we were told), but the road was a straight shot along the Jordan ...

... night as part of a game to see who could successfully navigate their way up a mountain and retrieve a green light stick, all without being spotted by any of the commanders roaming the area with flashlights. And another time, my machlakah of around thirty soldiers actively learned how to navigate through the desert as part of a battalion. For instance, what to do if a grenade was thrown here and what to yell, as well as how to orient our positions and adapt if attacked by enemy combatants ...

... what's up?<br><br><br><br>This is where I went berserk. The guy on the name was Professor X himself, finished with his Taglit trip and taking a few days away from his lodgings in Tzafat. The Professor came to visit me the next day here in my dorm at the Weizmann, and we enjoyed a great night catching up, telling the same old stories, and remarking on how funny it was that we were both spending time living halfway around the globe after having shared a fraternity ...

Tiberias<br><br>This morning I caught a bus from Hadera to Tiberias to meet my mum's first cousin Chava and her family. When Chava came to Australia a few years ago, we convinced little Bianca that Hava Nagila was named after her! She's a fervent Zionist, having worked for quite a few years for the Jewish Agency, particularly helping to absorb Ethiopian immigrants.<br><br>I got picked up by her daughter Shira, who is about my age ...

... smelled like kerosene to remove it from your body. Well, I'm happy to report that was a fond memory because that was no more &amp; my cousin has assured me that it hasn't been for a very, very long time. Although it was a fond memory, I was happy to find that it existed no longer. Another fond memory I was worried would no longer exist, I thankfully discovered still around from my past visit...and that is the banana flavored ice cream covered in ...

... a room that was gradually transformed into a church. Now the walls of the ruin can be viewed underneath the octogonal church built to commemorate the site. Next to the church is an old synagogue, a lovely creation of pillars and white stone. And then there's the sea, and you can sit and enjoy it in a little copse where the breeze floats by. As beautiful things go, it - the Galilee - was the most beautiful thing - place - I saw in all of Israel. Erin

... tunnel that developed along a fissure in the center of a ravine. The ravine has no upper drainage &amp; is closed in on all sides. The cave is tunnel shaped. It was very pretty, but not as big as we thought it would be. So, driving right along, we see the Yehiam Fortress National Park. The date of when it was built is not ...