The main event of our tour was Acre, Israel. It's an ancient city several layers deep. Like many of the sites in Israel, it's had many different rules at different times: Greeks & Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans, etc. The British used it as a prison for a while. There are several layers to the city, meaning that underneath the main city, they discovered a temple. And underneath that temple that discovered an older temple. They are still digging and finding more levels underneath what they've already found.... go on »

I had the fortune of going to Caesarea two days in a row. The first visit was with David and our friend, Idit. She had decided to take us there to see some new films and exhibits that had been installed there and for lunch. She had been married at Caesarea, so it holds a special place in her heart.... go on »

While we stayed at Ein Gedi, we took a trip to the spa. The spa had all sorts of treatments that you could get: mud treatments, ayurvedic massages, swedish massages, hot stone therapy, you name it. I got an ayurvedic massage and David got a mud massage. There were plenty of things to do if you didn't want to get a treatment. You could hang out at their big, blue pool; you could take trip down to the Dead Sea and go swimming; you could give yourself a mud treatment; or, you could stay indoors and hang out in the Dead Sea waters (they had piped up the water from the sea).... go on »

On our first day in Israel, we rented a car at the airport and drove to the Ein Gedi Kibbutz on the Dead Sea.... go on »