Israel Part 3

The next morning we all met back up for breakfast before heading out for adventuring. You'll have to forgive me because I'm not 100% sure where we were. I was just sitting in the back along for the ride. 

The Fam

We climbed up to the top of this tower to get some awesome views before breakfast. I believe it's a wildfire lookout. 

Amazing views. Israel is a beautiful country. 

Rami had a hurt foot so we left him at the bottom. Sorry Rami :(

Showing off my picture taking skills. They are second only to my witty blog post skills. 

Chilling and eating picnic style. Israeli breakfast is awesome. Humus, veggies, deli meat and like 12 kinds of cheese. They have these giant bagel pretzels too. Almost made me forget about pancakes, almost. 

Alf we trying to get some yogurt and the tub got stuck. Why are you helping me? Stop laughing!

Let's get a family picture! Eric, set up the camera on the car then run over. Kidding we're not going to leave a spot for you. Just stand there like an idiot. 

Attempt #2 was successful. Being next to the two smallest ladies in the pic makes me look like a giant. 

Mirav's crazy face. 

Mirav lookin all cute. 

Next stop was Golan Heights. I guess it used to be an army view point. It's mostly retired now. Just a place to go get some cool views. 

The UN was up there using the tourist binoculars that you have to put quarters into. I am not kidding. They were watching Syria. The border was right down the hill. 

We didn't leave Rami this time. 

Curse the dead sea!

Ladies buying some fruit. 

Next stop was the memorial for the 73 soldiers that died in a helicopter crash. This rock has a list of all the soldiers that died. Most of them were 18-20 years old. Very sad. 

The memorial was laid out in the shape of a helicopter. It was very well done. 

We stopped by Hila's Fiance's parents house to hang out for a bit. We were required to drink coffee and eat delicious desserts. Okay, you twisted my arm.  

Wall lizard came to say what's up. 

The next morning we got Tomer as a guide. Upon threat of his mother, he was a perfect gentleman and showed us all around. First stop was some kind of monastery famous for being the site of someone being beheaded or something.It was unclear, but had really cool views.  

Israel has no shortage of hills with amazing views. 

On our way out, suddenly a dog herding 50 goats!

Goats

On our way to Haifa to hit the beach. 

The gold dome at the bottom is some kind of temple. Man I am terrible at retaining that kind of info. Anyway, temple, then it's surrounded by an impecable garden all the way up the hill. From here you ca see most of Haifa and all the water surrounding. Hard to capture. 

Our faithful guide Tomer. 

Haifa, cool city. Lots of young people. I think there is a big university there. 

The beach. This might have been my favorite part. Got to relax on the sand, then splash around in the water. The water was so nice. 

Hila came back up from Tel Aviv that night to hang out with us. We headed out to a bar. I was lead to believe things were going to get crazy. We had one drink then everyone fell asleep. You guys are so wild. It was happy hour and Tomer wanted some food. Everything was buy one get one free but no one else was hungry so he got chicken and a burger and combined them into a Frankenstein sandwich. 

End day 8. Only two more days in Israel.