Eden Inn Zichron Yaakov

... g**egnet habe, dass sie alle Abendshows absagen mussten. Irgendwie ist die ganze Infrastruktur hi** nur für Sonnenschein gemacht. Wenn es einmal regnet, funktioni**t nichts mehr und inn**halb kürzest** Frist stehen die Strassen unt** Wass**...unglaublich...

Gest**n waren wir dann auch wied** Tanzen und heute ging Oren endlich zum Arzt. Er hat seit 2 Wochen uf einem Ohr so schlecht gehört, dass man ihm sagen musste, wenn die Musik zu leise od** zu laut war. Jetzt ...

... inside the grounds, so we didn't spend very long there.

We had been told at the tourist office that Caesaerea was a cool place to go, and we had a few more hours to kill before showing up at our host's home, so we decided to shoot down there. Caesaerea was a great port city in Roman times, but has been destroyed and rebuilt several times.

It was the first time I've ever seen Roman Aquaducts up close and ...

... Quasi alle hundert Meter macht man Pause und springt ins kuehle(!) Nass. Das muss man auch, denn selbst an dem Tag hatten wir sicher wieder um die 38 Grad, aber immerhin dieses Mal mit leichter Brise. In diesem steten Rhytmus des badens und laufens behaelt man ab einem bestimmten Punkt seine Badehose einfach an und wirft sich nach jedem Bad nur den Rucksack ueber die Schulter, wie es die Israelis auch machen (abgesehen von den paar Orthodoxen die ...

... accounting excellence. I had been told in advance that Haifa was not like other cities in Israel, basically all of which have the same look and design, having been built in the last sixty years since Israel's independence. The city was much larger than I expected, with much of it built on or around Mount Carmel, and the streets wound in and around the mountain while the houses reminded me of Herradura--my friend had been the one to notice that. The city had a ...

... winemaking process at the Tishbi winery, we meet David and Albertine Weintraub for lunch at the Carmel winery, we stroll the shopping district of Zichron Yaacov and visit the old synagogue, voted the third most beautiful in all of the country. We end our day at General Ram and Ayala Shmueli's house where we sample the virgin olive oil, milk the goat, make goat cheese, talk politics and the future of the Jewish people.

... on it to look to the defense of Israel. As we drive to the Tel, we pass through fertile wheat fields on rolling hills overlooking the Jezreel valley. Driving through these hills in the early morning dark and coolness is a time to look out the windows and muse on times past. Who lived here 3000+ years ago? What was life like for them in their villages and towns? What wars were fought here? What will become of this land in the future? The sun is still not up as we ...

The modern day Akko has been around for a long time. It is most famous as the Crusader port of Acre, but it's history stretches back to the ancient Phoenicians. This powerful port has been taken very rarely (the Romans did it, and the Crusaders held it for a while) and has often not belonged to the empire that controlled the surrounding area, but a competing power. As such, it was usually the ...

... an area on the ramparts, so we walk in that direction. They are departing from a museum and we decide to check it out. At the entrance, we learn that the museum opened just 5 months ago. Before leaving the US, I had looked at the Frommers and Fodor's websites to see if there were any updates to their guidebooks and evidently this new museum hasn't been added into their update yet. We're very glad that we stumbled upon it! It's called ...

... she and her husband grew up on kibbutzim in the Galilee and have lived in Natanya, a large city to the south. Now they are living in Zichron and find it much better for their kids, since the kids are not as materialistic as in the city and they can enjoy going to the beach and other activities together (does this sound familiar to the U.S.?). Zichron is a nice half way between the big city and the more farming areas. Harvey speaks with another ...

... and I'm the navigator. Our primary tools are the "Israel Touring Atlas and Easy Guide" from A Carta Atlas as well as a large folding map of Israel. As we drive north, we are surprised at how quickly we pass the towns on the map, and are reminded how small Israel actually is. In just over an hour, we arrive at Megiddo. And it was here in Megiddo that Tuesday's intention becomes realized: "Keep Perspective. All things are transient". Archaeological ...