Blogs from Acre, North District, Israel, Middle East

Hello from Isreal, Yesterday we traveled to the west to the Mediterranean. There is an old Crusader city there that is very traditional. Maybe too traditional for us. Very crowded as it was a Jewish holiday. here are some images. Lowell... read more

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We awoke early from a very resting sleep, and headed out for breakfast, consisting of large amounts of scrambled eggs, potatoes, pastries, orange juice, and coffee. Once finished, we drove along the coast of Israel, taking in the gorgeous Mediterranean sights and talking with our guide about various political issues facing Israel today. Our first stop was Caesarea, an ancient Roman town built by King Herod about 2,000 years ago, at the time Jesus Christ lived. We learned that Herod was not of the Royal Family, but wanted to be in power, so he went to Rome. There, he talked the Roman elite into placing him as King of Palestine. When he got back to his homeland, however, the native people, the Jews, did not accept him because he wasn’t of the Royal Family. His solution? ... read more

Today we got the car!!! Yos drove us to Netanya around noon and we picked up the car that Ilan had arranged for us. It's a brand new 2007 Nissan Micra, great small car. Once we were on the road, we headed up to the Galil to drive through Nazareth. This was mostly for Josh, but Noah and I had never been there either. Just before arriving in Nazareth we took a wrong turn and ended up in a small Arab village called Iqsal. It didn't take us long to figure out that we were in the wrong place. After a few strange looks, we headed back out to the main road and quickly found our way to Nazareth. Unfortunately, it was Sunday, and almost everything that we wanted to see was closed, but it was ... read more

Said Humous in Akko, a place to never forget Guy en Morit had decided not to come with us to the south to Petra, so we decided to stay a day or two more to spent their weekend together on Friday and Saturday. Instead we went to the north, to the old town of Akko. Quite some history in this town, It's been in hands of Alexander the Great, the Egyptian Ptolemites, the Syrian Seleucids, the Arabs, the Crusaders, the Mamluks, and Al-Jazzar, who's decrees shaped the Old Akko as it exist today. These days the Old Akko is left in the Arab hands by the Jews. It's a beautyfull little town at the Mediterranean Sea, still surrounded by city walls. After a few hours drive from Tel Aviv, the first thing Guy took us ... read more