I have finally reached the last post on my trip to Israel- only about two months after starting out for my trip! Anyways, the day after our
trip to Caesarea, we again headed up north, this time up to the border with Lebanon. I had read about some cool blue lagoon-y caves (called Rosh HaNikra) up north that I wanted to go see, and, since Brian and Jessi and Jessi Jr. hadn't seen the caves either, we decided to make a trip of it! I was lucky enough to sit in the back seat to keep the darling baby company. She really is 100% adorable! We had a few hours of driving until our destination.
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| Coastline south of the caves. |
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| The water was so pretty! |
At first, our tour took us through the caves, and then along a path on the rocks outside the caves. The white rocks were really stark and beautiful, I thought.
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| Rock formation called the elephant. |
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| Cable car that takes you up and down from the cliff above. |
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| You can sort of see the monitoring buoys that mark the sea border between Israel and Lebanon. |
After our tour, we took pictures at the border sign, had lunch, and then drove back south to Haifa. We stopped at the base of the Baha'i gardens, took some pictures, and then drove to the top of the gardens to watch the sun set. The gardens looks really gorgeous, and I wished that we could've gone in! Sadly, they were closed. After sunset, we had a delicious dinner at a Lebanese restaurant (my favorite was the fresh mint lemonade) and then drove back to Tel Aviv.
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| Baha'i gardens. |
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| View from the top down the gardens. |
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| Sunset over Haifa. |
The next day was Easter Sunday, so we dyed Easter eggs and had a special Easter dinner to celebrate. Jessi Jr. even got dressed up in a super cute Easter outfit!
The next day it was time for me to leave, so Jessi and Jessi Jr. came to drop me off at the train station. It was supposed to be really easy to get to the airport, and I was in good time to catch my train. Of course, I asked lots of people to check if I was getting on the right train, which, athough it was arriving at the correct time on the correct track, actually took me the opposite direction of the airport, to the south! I realized after over half an hour on the train, and hopped out. A very expensive taxi ride later, I did end up at the airport, thankfully! I was put through my paces again at security- they inspected every single item that I had, swabbed my dates for explosive residue, confiscated my brown sugar, and turned over each
Bananagram tile individually. In the end, I finally made it through and safely back to Zurich.
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| Saying goodbye to Jessi Jr. |
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| On the wrong train! |
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| Airplane home! |
I had a really great visit with the Pattons, and I am so thankful to have had the chance to see them in Israel before they move!
