Sorry for a long delay, but here it is...
First half of the trip:
It was great! We have achieved everything we wanted! We spent 3 days in Jerusalem (including on Shabat), walked around Old City for couple of days, visited Scroll museum and military cemetery. This was very emotional. We got to see and experience all the things that we've read and heard about! Since we had an afternoon for ourselves, we ended up walking around looking for knitting store. We found one so Lana was pretty happy. :)
There was some event in Jerusalem, so we had to go to Dead Sea night earlier. That actually worked for us because we arranged a taxi to drive us early next morning to Masada. He waited for us and got us back to the hotel before breakfast! We had to get up at around 4am, started walking up to Masada at around 4:50am. Took us an hour, but we made it with few minutes to spare. Sunrise was gorgeous! You can see pictures for yourself. The rest of the morning and early afternoon we were back on top of Masada, this time via gondola with our tour group.
When we got back to our hotel, we had to go for swim in the Dead Sea. The water was warm and they tell me it was over 30% salt. I don't know, I did not tasted it :) But when I went in no matter what I tried (I did not try diving) I could not get under the water, so it must be true :) The pool at the hotel was great too!
Next two nights we spent in Kibbutz Levi in Galilee. It's Orthodox kibbutz. It was interesting experience. The food was kosher and very good. We had a question/answer session with one of the residents of the kibbutz. It's interesting that the number of kibbutzes in Israel is shrinking. There are about only 20 left in the whole Israel. Since the idea of Kibbutz was based on the Socialism, it's obvious to me what is happening. Socialism does not work on global nor local scale.
During these 2 days we have visited Galilee and Golan Heights. It's amazing to see all the green gardens in the middle of the desert. The Jordan river that is used for irrigation is just a little river. In some places you can probably walk across, it's no more then 20-30 feet and yet that area feeds the Europe in the winter (I am sure it's done all year around). The harvest 3 times a year! Just amazing!
Part 3 to follow...
First half of the trip:
It was great! We have achieved everything we wanted! We spent 3 days in Jerusalem (including on Shabat), walked around Old City for couple of days, visited Scroll museum and military cemetery. This was very emotional. We got to see and experience all the things that we've read and heard about! Since we had an afternoon for ourselves, we ended up walking around looking for knitting store. We found one so Lana was pretty happy. :)
There was some event in Jerusalem, so we had to go to Dead Sea night earlier. That actually worked for us because we arranged a taxi to drive us early next morning to Masada. He waited for us and got us back to the hotel before breakfast! We had to get up at around 4am, started walking up to Masada at around 4:50am. Took us an hour, but we made it with few minutes to spare. Sunrise was gorgeous! You can see pictures for yourself. The rest of the morning and early afternoon we were back on top of Masada, this time via gondola with our tour group.
When we got back to our hotel, we had to go for swim in the Dead Sea. The water was warm and they tell me it was over 30% salt. I don't know, I did not tasted it :) But when I went in no matter what I tried (I did not try diving) I could not get under the water, so it must be true :) The pool at the hotel was great too!
Next two nights we spent in Kibbutz Levi in Galilee. It's Orthodox kibbutz. It was interesting experience. The food was kosher and very good. We had a question/answer session with one of the residents of the kibbutz. It's interesting that the number of kibbutzes in Israel is shrinking. There are about only 20 left in the whole Israel. Since the idea of Kibbutz was based on the Socialism, it's obvious to me what is happening. Socialism does not work on global nor local scale.
During these 2 days we have visited Galilee and Golan Heights. It's amazing to see all the green gardens in the middle of the desert. The Jordan river that is used for irrigation is just a little river. In some places you can probably walk across, it's no more then 20-30 feet and yet that area feeds the Europe in the winter (I am sure it's done all year around). The harvest 3 times a year! Just amazing!
Part 3 to follow...
You wish water was 30% chocolate :P
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