The second day of touring was intense: Caesarea, the region of Samaria, the Plains of Sharon, Megiddo, the Valley of Jizreel, Mount Carmel, Kishon Valley, Haifa and Tiberias.....yes, I am serious. Driving out of Tel Aviv, we learned about the kibboutz, the Hebrew word for communal settlement. The original kibboutz were built on the communist model - babies were taken at 3 months of age and were cared for by the community; education was provided as well as other basic needs. Residents worked only on the kibboutz and were not permitted to take jobs outside. For the past 30 years, the kibboutz operate as private businesses - they are privately owned and workers receive a salary. Of all the mesmerizing places we visited, Caesarea is one of the sites that stood out the most for me,
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