Comments on: Projekt Mr. B-irthright or, How do YOU Israel?

By: Jewlicious » Back from Israel. Quick, TaglitforTwo, sponsor our next flight!

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:20:08 +0000

[...] from Israel. Quick, TaglitforTwo, sponsor our next flight! Written by vicki A while ago, I revealed that Mr. B and I would be going on a mini-Birthright for him. Except it wasn’t free. Because [...]

By: beershevaboheme6

beershevaboheme6 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:02:41 +0000

You probably won’t hear this from anyone else, but I’m in love with the Palmach Brigade Memorial in the desert overlooking/in Be’er Sheva. It’s literally surrounded by nothing (although they were building a neighborhood below last I was there) and from a distance doesn’t look like much. It’s made up of several large cement pieces, and is a memorial that you can literally climb, sit and walk on.

There’s a sense of “peace” I experience there that I haven’t anywhere else, and I’m always dragging everyone I know to it…

By: Raeefa

Raeefa — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:43:28 +0000

Everything themiddle said, and Rosh Hanikra!

By: vicki

vicki — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:55:50 +0000

Thanks to everyone for the ideas so far and Middle, thank you for your your novel. Much-appreciated.

One thing that has been suggested to me on Facebook (not sure if it was a joke or not): caliber3.webad...

By: Michael Tuchman

Michael Tuchman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:27:36 +0000

Nobody mentioned

Ein Gedi
Chagall Windows
Caesarea
Red Sea underwater view in Eilat.

By: arielle

arielle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:11:45 +0000

when i was in israel in april, i went to this restaurant in Nimrod called The Witch and the Milkman. best dining experience of my life. and the house wine… delish. you must go there!

By: themiddle

themiddle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:03:23 +0000

The Italian restaurant just a few doors down from where ck lives. I can’t remember its name but it was incredible. they have this fig dish that should win some foodie award.

Go spend a couple of hours in Ein Kerem and then take a drive to Tzur Hadassah, just to get a sense of the forests surrounding Jerusalem.

Go to the caves near Beit Guvrin.

Spend an afternoon at the beach in the port of Caesaria. They have a private beach with a small restaurant and if you go on the right days, they show movies in the amphitheater at night. It’s quite special.

Drive through the Lower Galilee past Mount Tavor to Vered HaGalil veredhagalil.c... and stay there overnight. Next day witness the amazing view to the Sea of Galilee and drive down the mountain until you get there. Drive around until you get to Ein Gev. Eat fish. You can stay overnight. There are a couple of kibbutzim in the area with massive waterslides if you like.

Then drive to the Golan Heights until you’re close to the Hermon and there you’ll find a village called Majdal Shams. Ignore it. Instead, climb up the mountain nearby to Nimrod where you will find a restaurant called The Witch and the Milkman’s Cauldron. Eat there. Try to time it for late afternoon before the sun sets. Then step outside and walk away from the restaurant and the road that carried you up there and check out the view. Die from beauty and amazement.

Arise from your stupor and continue to a Druze h/motel where they prepare breakfast the next morning. Sleep well and have amazing breakfast with friendly Arabs next morning.

Drive around Golan. Do not walk in fields alone! Keep driving down the mountain and you have a choice:

Go to Beit Shean and check out amazing antiquities nearby. Food sucks in Beit Shean so move along. Do not drive down through the Jordan Valley because you still have to get to Tel Aviv.

head over to the Hula Valley. Be sure to stop at the Naot factory store. Buy reasonably priced sandals. Consider going to Safed, but skip it for lunch at Rosh Pina.

Then make your way over to Zichron Yaakov and drive around some of their beautiful ocean-view neighborhoods. Dream of living there.

Head down to the coast road and drive south to Tel Aviv. Find a hotel near the beach and hang out for a couple of long days and nights. Eat, drink, check out the beaches, check out S. Tel Aviv, buy cool jewelry and clothes. Feel like you’re young all over again.

Then head back to Jerusalem and let ck take you on a couple of trips around town.

By: froylein

froylein — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:06:15 +0000

Do desert: mosaic.lk.net/...

By: LB

LB — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:25:24 +0000

Rosh Pina. Not on the typical tourist trail but one of the most beautiful areas in the country. Not only is beautiful there, it also has a lot of history – being the first modern Zionist settlement (yes, it beat Petach Tikva by 3 weeks).

The north is practically littered with B&Bs (although summer is high season). You know how to contact me if you want help finding a place there, or just more info about Rosh Pina.

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:55:20 +0000

I got sort of tired of seeing grave after grave after grave. But! The boardwalk in Tiberius I really enjoyed. Floating around in the Dead Sea and getting covered with mud in the nekkid section was awesome. Going to the shopping malls and getting searched on the way in is a memory of Israel that is sort of “Israel”, you know? Rifles and soldiers are everywhere. There is actually a tour bus that goes into Hebron if you dare. I’m glad I went. My totally favorite place was Nitanya. I want to move there. The sea is warm, and it sort of reminds me of Carlsbad, CA, in the 70s. It is an Awesome little city.
The most shocking part of Jerusalem was walking down the street and running into people I knew!
Enjoy your trip. It changes you.
Pam