A brief summary of our Wednesday activity:
We spent the morning in the Old City of Tzfat. (There are many old cities in the Holy Land!) Tzfat is built on a hill (cliff) with many winding alleys and archways made of stone.
We spent the morning in the Old City of Tzfat. (There are many old cities in the Holy Land!) Tzfat is built on a hill (cliff) with many winding alleys and archways made of stone.
The Old City of Tzfat has many shops and historic synagogues.
The women pose in front of Falafel Queen.
We took a nature hike in Tel Dan, one of the headwaters of the Jordan River. This was similar to a hike in one of our Metroparks, but also very beautiful, oh, and surrounded by ruins from the Caananite period, the biblical period as worship center of the Dan tribe, and also from the Byzantine period. Pretty cool!
Our tour guide David Solomon at Tel Dan
Israel is not all desert!
Next we drove to one of the peaks of the Golan Heights called Mt. Bental, which overlooks Syrian territory on one side and Israel's Galilee valley on the other. One visit gives you an idea of how important this area is for Israel's security. It is mostly home to military bases and one city, with a mall and food court...like home!
Military memorial on Mt. Bental.Our touring day ended with a visit to the Golan Heights Winery, which was educational and fun. What happened after that is a little fuzzy...
Ellen Halfon and Rick Leibovich oversee barrel aging.
Wine tasting with winery guide Shalom in the Golan Heights.
Our last two nights will be spent in Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean coast. Hard to believe our trip is almost over. Start shopping!
1 comment:
Ellen,
Just saw a picture of Jodi Bauer Twomey on Facebook, Rikki Lee Jones and then Elvis Costello were playing on the radio, and I thought I would google you to see if I could find you.
Great pictures of Israel.
Nancy Pollock Blackmon
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