That Time I DROVE In Israel...

My attempts to find time to write long wordy blogs are failing and more ideas keep popping into my head, but I don't want to write about them until I've caught up on what I meant to write about. So the next two blogs might be short and simple, but here they are with the details they need.

At the end of August we had a week of vacation before the start of our Fall semester. I decided that, as I  hadn't explored much of the country yet on this vacation, I would stay here and go to Haifa and try to visit a winery or two.

I found 5 friends, rented a car, and drove to Haifa for a night. We pampered ourselves and stayed at the Dan Panorama as opposed to a hostel. We visited the Ba'hai Gardens, accidentally walked all the way down the mountain in search of a museum of sorts, rode the Carmelit (only subway in Israel) back to the top and enjoyed a morning by the pool. I got to see my friend Lior, who was a member of the Israeli shlichoot at Camp George last summer, and Jessie came to have breakfast with me.

On the way back to Jerusalem, we went to Zichron Yaakov and visited the Tishbi and Carmel wineries. Good food, good wine, good chocolate too.

I did all the driving on this trip - it was great to be able to drive for the first time in over a month, I missed it, and it also was not as scary as it seemed it would be. I will definitely not hesitate to rent a car again.

Taking a step backward, before journeying to Haifa, I went sailing on the Mediterranean. My friend Natan has his Captain's license and thus can rent a boat and take people out for a ride. It was awesome!