Monday, October 17, 2016

Day 4--Nahal Me'arot Caves & Caesarea

Wendy and Jeff took us on a great trip today.  First we went to the Nahal Me'arot Nature Preserve and Caves.  People have lived in these caves for 500,000 years.  It's a World Heritage Site.






We then went to Caesarea.  It's an amazing place with ruins from the Romans, Byzantines, and Crusaders.  The Roman aqueduct was very impressive.  It supplied a steady water source for Caesarea from 8 miles away.





We had lunch at a marvelous restaurant, Helena, run by two famous Israeli chefs.  I had fish carpaccio and a fish soup.




This is the view from my seat at the table.



The ruins were spread out over a huge area.  Here's a sample.








This was the palace swimming pool.


They had lots of areas for kids to make arts and crafts--they were painting wooden swords and making all types of Roman paraphernalia.


In the evening Stephen, Connie, and I had a simple meal in the Sukkot made by our apartment.





It was a blast!

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