Israel Day 1-2, Tel Aviv and Jaffa.

We left Dulles at 1800, landed at Heathrow at 0500, landed at Ben Gurion at 1530 - 16 hours of fun. Checked in at Herods Tel Aviv 14th floor great view of beach and Tel Aviv skyline.
Dinner with Globus group. Next morning powerwalk on promenade along beach 0500. Morning of Shabat (Friday PM- Sat PM). Tour to Valley of Elah, site of battle between David and Goliath ofthe Philistines; visit to the Trappist Monastery (wine and olive oil); tour of ancient port of Jaffa where medieval pilgrims

started 2 day trek to Jerusalem, now part of Tel Aviv, Israel's largest city. Swam the Med, then dinner with group. Tomorrow to Haifa and Caesarea.

The Ocean

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We are crossing the Atlantic and the Mediterranean tomorrow overnight; Dulles to London to Tel Aviv.

Test Run

My fellow traveler, Marta S. Lobo, my mom.


This is the test run of my trip to Israel from 4-28 through 5-8