Barcelona!

Actually, we have just arrived in Lyon, France after having spent the last few days in gorgeous Barcelona, Spain. Our rental flat had no Wi-Fi! I have so many pictures and stories to share. I will send them along as several different posts to make things easier.

Loose ends

We left Haifa yesterday morning and returned to Tel Aviv for the night. This evening, we will return to London for one night, then move on to our next destination tomorrow. Yesterday was Shabbat, and as such most of the shops and businesses were closed. The beach, however, was crowded with masses of people of all ages, enjoying the…

Caesarea

We’ve been in Haifa for the last couple of days, but we have not explored it at all. There are plenty of things of interest here, but our time is limited so we have had to skip them. Instead, we have been using Haifa as a home base to visit other areas close by, as…

The Galilee

It was so hot and sunny today that all I really wanted to do was hide in the air-conditioned hotel room. Instead, I doused myself in sunscreen, packed up my camera and huge Scout & Catalogue scarf (excellent yet stylish covering from the sun), and hopped in the car with D for the drive to the sites around the…

Haifa and Akko

We checked out of our Tel Aviv hotel this morning and picked up our rental car. If you ever want a true test of compatibility with another human being, I highly advise renting a car in a foreign country where not only do neither of you speak the native language, but said language’s letters are not…