Thursday, November 13, 2008

A recent Trip to Israel

My husband and I just came back from a wonderful trip to our homeland – The beautiful, enchanted Israel. We loved every minute of it… We arrived Thursday October 23 around 3:15pm – the flight was on time and pleasant. We left from FLL and connected in EWR for a total of 14 hours flying time. We flew Continental Airlines and the service was great. I particularly loved the in house entertainment system, so I even managed to watch two good new release movies.

My husband’s brother in low picked us up from the airport and off we went to Netanya, my husband’s home town where his parent waited impatiently. The first initial reaction was so overwhelming, since his parents haven't seen him in while and big excitement was in the air. We spoke and eat some good delicious fresh Hummus, fresh from the market with warm pita bread, olives bursting with freshness and aroma and colorful salads.



So this is how our vacation started and that night we went to bed early being so tired from the flight but I already knew in my heart that this is going to be an extra special time for us.

The next day we rented a lovely Hyundai Tuscan SUV and drove up the coastal road to Haifa to see my mom and sister. The first visit reaction was also extremely overwhelming. Nothing like it.

Haifa is a beautiful mountainous city overlooking the bay and port. The entire city is situated up on mountain Carmel, so getting to my mom house involves driving up a winding coastal road with breathtaking views. LOVE IT !!!!!!



Having the rental car was a blessing; it made our stay extra special and convenient. We kept driving back and forth from my home town Haifa to Netanya.

We saw our good friends Nava and Oz. Nava recently opened her own coffee shop in the bustling Tel Aviv. The place was busy when we visited so it made us feel good to see this kind of a reaction to her new place. The coffee shop serves more than coffee. It features delectable deserts and signature entrees.

One day we drove with relatives to the Northern Galilee and the Golan Heights. Along the way we stopped at an incredible herb and farm facility. They grow, manufacture and market almost 500 spices and medicinal herbs nationwide and worldwide. Their visitor center exhibits the ever changing of common infusions, herbal mixes and spices. Of course my taste buds woke up and I ended up buying few selections of some rice mixes and fresh herbs and teas. This is their link: http://www.derech-atavlinim.co.il/english.asp.
For all of you interested to check out their web site.

The highlight of the trip was a marvelous wedding we went to but this info is for a new post maybe in the next few days….

So the reason for me writing this to you is keep traveling and exploring different places, different cultures and if looking for jobs in travel – go to the one and only http://www.job.travel/ where you will find enormous career choices and maybe one that will satisfies your travel thirst

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