I am going to try to fill in the blanks...which there are quite a few so far. I think I left you after Golan which leads me to Tzfat, but first Hula Valley bird sanctuary. This was a swamp turned farm land where migrating birds stop over from all over Europe, Africa, and Asia (my geography isn't so good, but basicly Israel is the one land connection between A LOT of places). We rode on this Tom Sawyeresk raft to hear about how they tag and track all kinds of birds and the bird scientist guy showed us how its done. When he asked for a volunteer, I was in the front before anyone else could even raise their hand (there will be a video added when I get home).
OK now to Tzfat, where we went back in time. It is a truely beautiful city on the side of a mountain and as corny as it may sound, you can really feel the mystic power on the whole city. We met Avraham, a Kabbalah enthusiest (to say the least). He was some guy from Detriot who came to Tzfat 10 years ago and got totally sucked into the whole mysticism. Find a video on youtube...you wont be disapointed. There was also a cool market area in Tzfat and I had the best shwarma of my life...mmm
Jerusalem was next and we got there in time for dinner on Thursday. I think I will leave you here and do a separate post on the weekend in Jerusalem because spending Shabbat there was a once in a lifetime experience...well most of this trip was but this was extraordinary.
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