FROM THE COLON TO THE GOLAN by Lisa Silver

A most interesting day! We said goodbye to Tel Aviv, and boarded our bus to the Roman ruins of Caesarea, the summer home of King Herod, on the Mediterranean Sea.The Hippodrome ruins were only discovered 15 years ago! We also walked through a many centuries old Crusader city. Then on to Ben Yakir Youth Village outside of Nashville's sister city, Hadera (see earlier post).

We stopped for an hour at the high tech Israeli company Given Imaging in Yokneam, Israel's Silicon Valley. Given Imaging invented the Pillcam, an amazing device for gastro intestinal video imaging. Which means you can swallow a camera in a pill and get a clear picture all the way down and out!

Then after a sleepy bus ride into the Upper Galilee, we are now at a lovely Kibbutz hotel close to the Jordan River near the Golan Heights, which is close to the borders of Syria and Lebanon.

Another fabulous Israeli meal, pics below ( in random order) of the buffet and our day! More exploring tomorrow.