Hello my dear blog readers! I am finally back in this (not so) cold home of mine, complete with a nasty cold and ridiculous jetlag (it's not even 5 am as I write this). I thought now would be a perfect time to post a little report with a few highlights from my trip.
First off, amazing trip. How could it not be? This was my third trip to Israel and each has been wonderful in different ways. This one in particular was special because I traveled with 7 of my family members, which turned out to be incredibly fun. Also this was my first time traveling to Israel "as an adult" - the previous times I had been a child and then a teenager - which I think affects the experience of the country. Since most of us had been before, we made a special effort to do and see new things, although having not been there for so long and being with a new group of travel companions made it unique already. OK, now for some highlights (with pictures, of course, because we all love pictures).
Highlight 1: Nature, nature, and more nature!
I'm not a big nature person, or so I thought, until I returned to the Negev desert in the south of Israel and also the northern hills of the Galilee. I think over half of my pictures are from those parts of the trip.
View of the Ramon crater. Credit: Ellie Mirman
In Machtesh Ramon. You can see me crouching to take a photo there to get a sense of scale. Credit: Dan Mirman
Gorgeous little waterfall in Ein Avdat. Credit: Ellie Mirman
Reflection of cliffs near the waterfall. Credit: Ellie Mirman
Highlight 2: History
Also, not a big thing for me usually. But we went to a bunch of archeological sites and they were all amazing.
Partial view of the Roman theater at Bet Shean. Credit: Michael Mirman
Me among the remains of the city (what a great sense of scale). Credit: Dan Mirman
Hightlight 3: Amazing hotels, amazing food
We stayed at incredible places, ate incredible food (way too much of it), and had an incredible time. Yes, incredible.
This is actually a photo from the place we stayed in the north. Incredible. Credit: Ellie Mirman
Highlight 4: Family + New experiences = Ridiculous fun
Really the best part of the trip was the people I traveled with and how much fun we had together.
One of our unique stops was at an army base, where we got to climb on tanks and even go inside. Here's me sitting on top. Credit: Ilya Mirman
Eugene riding a camel on the Mount of Olives - quite the adventure. Credit: Ilya Mirman
One of many cool photo opps. This was at the Supreme Court building - very cool place. Credit: Ellie Mirman
Yes. Credit: Dan Mirman
And I can't leave you without at least one classic (or at least my take on a classic) view:
View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Credit: Ellie Mirman
