Day 8

On Monday we had our first longer trip outside of Tel Aviv. We rented a bus and drove up north to the Caesarea National Park where we met Zohar, an old friend of Mr. Wesche who gave us a little tour around the park.

In Caesarea

Caesarea used to be a city that was first founded and built by Herodes in 22 BC. Today, only really few original things can be visited because the city was often destroyed and rebuilt. One of the things that are restored is the big theater outside. 

The theater

 After we had watched a movie about the history of Caesarea we walked a little bit at the beach, took pictures and found some old parts of the houses like stones from the floor and even pot handles.

Lunch break at the beach

We went back to the bus where Zohar gave us some oranges she had picked for us herself and then we said goodbye and drove to the Sea of Galilee where we visited the place where Jesus is said to have shared five breads and two fishes with thousands of people and got everyone full. 

Sea of Galilee

We went down to the sea and even though is was a really nice and warm day it was too cold to swim and it's a very spiritual place and so we didn't go in the water. 

But anyways it was really nice to enjoy the view and see the old buildings and gardens. Lastly, we drove up to another place where you had a great view over the sea and where it was very quiet and you could enjoy the great nature.

Great view on the Sea of Galilee

 After that we got back on the bus and had a 2 1/2 hours drive back to Tel Aviv. For all of us it had been a very nice and exciting day because we had gotten to see a lot of the nature in Israel and for some of us it even was like visiting places that you know many stories of but have never really seen the place before. To conclude the day, most of us went to Jaffa that night and hung out at the same place where we were last week.

Sunset on our way back

TEL AVIV 2016