Our trip to the north

Wow did we go EVERYWHERE! We went to Holon on Thursday night, sang Happy Birthday to my brother (he turned 21), and then got up early Friday morning. I don’t have that much time to write, but here is the rundown:

Friday
Caesarea, site of Roman town
Haifa for Bahai gardens and falafel lunch
Odelia’s military base in the north to visit her. She has a big gun.
Adi-am kibbutz and winery (they have wine made out of passionfruit, even white, milk, and dark chocolate! We bought blueberry.)
Town of Migdal and around Kinneret/Sea of Galilee

Saturday
Drove through Tiberias
Went to kibbutz where my father was in high school
First hydroelectric plant in Israel, Jordanian border with Peace Island and memorial (where a Jordanian soldier shot 6 Israeli schoolgirls and the Jordanian king came to Israel in person to visit their families and apologize)
Baptismal site on Jordan River
Ate at Burger Ranch, Israeli McDonald’s
Drove all along Golan Heights for the view, from the very bottom almost to Kiryat Shemona at the top
Hiked at El-Al waterfall. Muddy shoes!
Stopped at Tel Beit…(can’t remember the name) where could see Jesus walking on water and the two fishermen who became Jesus’ disciples were from)
Stopped at bombed-out mosque from 1967 war
Dinner at Lebanese restaurant in Tiberias, walked around

Sunday
St. Peter’s Catholic church at Sea of Galilee where Jesus walked on water
Drove to Tsfat via Rosh Pina and a ton of other little cities
Caro, Abuhov, and Haari Synagogues, wandered through artists’ colony, modern Tzfat, places where my dad grew up, pizza lunch

My dad was a fabulous tour guide and took us to all the places tourists DON’T go, the tzimmer (bed and breakfast) we stayed in Migdal (10 minutes from Tiberias) was wonderful, and the trip back was long. The cats are like teenagers and had trashed the place. And tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday I go to school. Ugh. But at least it will give me time to put up all the pictures!