Well, we made it! What a marathon. We’ve been up for I don’t know how many hours, but still haven’t slept yet. We arrived safely, took us awhile to get through the line to have our passports checked, but then the tour company greeted us and were ready to load us onto the bus for the hotel. Tonight we are staying at the Ramada in Netanya. Very nice room. We are on the 7th floor overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. We got to walk along the sidewalk above the shore a bit and have a quick photo shoot.
Our rooms weren’t quite ready when we arrived because it is the Sabbath here, hence the quick walk, even though we are exhausted. We are going to dinner tonight yet too, they advised us not to go to bed as we would wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go back to sleep. I don’t think they know how long my boy and I can sleep when inspired like we have been. We are in the room now though, and already had a quick shower to rinse off, and headed to supper. The planes were all super hot, lesson learned…wear cooler clothes, so we needed the rinse off!
Supper buffet was really yummy. Local fruits and veggies, the salad bar was yummy with guacamole and hummus with bread and some pea and carrot salads. The dessert bar was mostly little petit fours. There was beef tongue and spicy salmon and other fish on the main menu, I hear. None are my favorites. The potatoes and corn were good though.
Tomorrow we are scheduled to see Caesarea, Megiddo, Nazareth, and the Sea of Galilee, if memory serves. We are staying the next two nights near the Sea of Galilee. Thanks all, for the prayers and well wishes!
Here are a few pictures.
First sunset on the way from Tel Aviv to Netanya. Shot from the bus at high speed, sorry!
The Mediterranean as we were coming into Tel Aviv. There is a God and boy does He make pretty pictures! Sorry, I don’t know how to change the orientation yet…
First glimpse of Tel Aviv from the air.
What a cool building.
First glimpse of the Mediterranean from the ground…almost to Netanya.
Again with the God thing…He was showing off today!
Another glimpse of Tel Aviv from the air.
So I know this is a crappy picture, but right below the no-smoking sign to the right of the cord is a rainbow. We were flying down the highway when I took it and had to go fast before it was behind a building. Rainbow on the first day! Yay!
A walk on the sidewalk next to the Mediterranean right outside our hotel in Netanya.
More pretty sunset.
Evan took my pic by an “I love Netanya” sign, but didn’t get the words in it…doh!! ; ). Lots of compliments on my snazzy shoes…in every country we’ve been so far!! Evan can’t stand it…he thinks it’s giving me a big head. I just told him I have excellent taste in shoes. He hates that. I love it!! LOL. OK, off to bed now, more tomorrow!