Havat Habaron Zichron Yaakov

... feel," as its "symbol" (like the Liberty Bell for Philadelphia) are the two large refinery towers in the working part of the city. As it said on Wikipedia: "Haifa works, Jerusalem, prays, and Tel Aviv plays."



We arrived at the train station right along the coast. The weekend's forecast called for rain, the first of its kind since I arrived in Israel, and it was clear from the start that the weather in Haifa would be colder than what it'd been ...

... We all enjoyed our choices tremendously and were already planning which ones we'd try next time! We returned to the house for showers and lunch. Then we rested a bit & talked a bit. In the evening, we went to the Grand Kenyon (the big mall). One of the things I found shocking this trip, was the multitude of items & brands, which we have in NY. This was not so during my last trip, where you could find, for example, Finesse conditioner, maybe, but ...

... into the parking lot of the National Park installation. The Israeli Park Service buildings were originally constructed by the Chicago Archeological Expedition to Megiddo in the 1920s (more on that later). We file off the busses and start the walk up and around the artificial hill, created by human activity over thousands of years of habitation, construction, and reconstruction. Though our Youth Corps group members are rooming together, we have been assigned to ...

... from which attacks on the mainland were begun. We caught a bus here from Nazareth and got dropped off in the old city. The town is on a spur of land that juts into the sea. It is surrounded by sea walls and water on three sides. The peninsula connecting it to the mainland is protected by a powerful wall. It is a predominately Arab enclave in Israel, and they left the old city to itself ...

... Ethnography Center of Acre and The Galilee or Treasures of the Wall for short. You can check out their website at www.ozarut.net. The museum is in a renovated section of the ramparts and serves as a beautiful display area for objects illustrating the arts and crafts of The Galilee. There is a moving story about the people who were involved in building this private collection. There is an admission fee. However, we learn later in the ...

... who lived in the US for 8 years and really wanted to return to Israel. They had time to talk with us and were not rushed at all. We walk the main pedestrian street of Zichron and it feels like a quaint pretty town. Charming driveways and side yards full of flowers on display seem inviting; we walk them to check things out. On one for example, we find a handmade paper shop, Tut Neyar, in a courtyard. Interesting practical applications of artistic ...