Yesterday we docked in Haifa and found so many facts we did not know before coming. This is a city built around the Carmelite orders…there is an entire mountain and communities dedicated to this religious order. Also a wonderful German town dating hundreds of years back to a group of Christians who came and settled to be near where they thought Jesus would return. We join them in waiting for His return.
Haifa also has a claim to the cave that Elijah hid in and there are stories and sites dedicated to that also. The beaches here are beautiful and the harbor immense. They say only second largest…we go tomorrow to Ashdod the largest. We are docked across from a US navy vessel and enjoy the American flag of the stern.
We rode a free tour bus around the city then hailed a cab and returned to see the BaHai gardens and capture the great views from atop Mt Carmel.
I saw some of Abbie’s favorite books in Hebrew at the book store and captured theses wonderful animals in the mall. I know she would love to have riden them.
We ended the day by the pool listening to a wonderful guitarist…(I have two cds alreadyJ) Tomorrow is a long day into Jerusalem and Bethlehem so we are making an early night of it.