Okay, so I was sort of slacker with the blog at the end of my trip. I can make up all sorts of excuses but really I was just lazy and the writing kick wasn't in me. Now that it's 6:30 in the morning, it's back in full-force. So I thought I'd catch ya'll up on how the rest of the trip transpired.
We went to beaches in Haifa and Tel Aviv:
We descended down centuries-traveled oceanside cliffs and into water borne caves at Nikra.
We went up North to the green rocky hills and Yam Kinneret (Sea of Galilee for you Jesus loving folks).
We wandered around Sfat, a small old city built on a steep hillside with four ancient synagogues rumored to be the home of some of the first Kabbalist practices.
Up north, we stayed in Amirim, a collective of B&B's that are all vegetarian. As you can imagine, it's all very utopian - dogs and cats live amongst people and know that the two-legged ones won't leave them out in the street at night. Our spacious suite was complete with a jacuzzi that overlooked the Kinneret and it was lovely.
We saw a 1-week old foal and went horseback riding on lush green hillsides and waded through tall wildflowers.
We drove around a lot and looked into Lebanon, which is really shockingly lovely. We saw the Hezbollah flag standing tall next to the Lebanese one, and hypothesized about another possible conflict. We reminisced about Ari's military days, stopping by the small concrete soccer field high up on a lookout point where he played on the weekends. We tried to get into one...two...three national parks but because it was Friday afternoon, we were turned away.
Then we headed back to Haifa. We spent more time with Ari's family. We went out with his sister and friend, Nadav. Then, it was time to go.
Purim Carnival in Haifa:
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