More, Eli (my cousin Dana's husband, same one as the "meeeh meeeh") and I departed for the North around 11:30. Our first stop was Caesarea, some ancient ruins that date back to 22 BCE. It was gorgeous and the ruins were amazing. Some of the mosaic floors were still intact and the arches and everything were still awesome. There was a colosseum with stadium seating that was so well preserved. There was a beautiful view of a deep turquoise ocean as well. After exploring there for about an hour and a half, we decided to head out and go to the beach.
The beach was so nice. The water was clear (nothing like our dirty American beaches. Haha.) and the sand is covered in beautiful sea shells. We hung out in the water for a while and took quite a beating from all the waves. After about an hour we left and headed to Akko where there was supposed to be a market that was "lively and exciting," according to the internet.
So when we finally got there an hour and 45 mins later, we were quite disappointed with the 10 little booth shops that they had. We left after 20 mins and went to a street where there were supposed to be more stores. We browsed those stores for an hour or so and then decided to leave. We headed back to my grandparent's house in Ramat Hasharon and had dinner there. We (Adi, Giti, and Sima, Adi's really sweet friend) left there around 10:30 and came back here and had a small cake for Giti's (my aunt's) birthday.
Tomorrow we have a busy day and I will give you more insight into a big event that is happening tomorrow in regard's to my grandmother's passing and Jewish tradition during the week of mourning.
I miss everyone so much already. Night!
Jasmine, I'm so happy you have a blog too!! I've been reading, but I couldn't find anything to post with, so I had to make a google profile in Swedish cause I couldn't figure out how to change the language to Swedish haha.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about your grandma. It's good that you get to be with your family during this time though. I'm sure your grandma will be watching over you throughout your time in Italy and making sure you're safe and sound.
I also wanted to say congratulations on the new edition to your family! Your little cousin is so cute! I remember when you first found out your aunt was pregnant. Time has gone by sooo fast!
I'm so excited for you to get to Italy and start your big adventure! I think it's so great that you're doing this! When are you going to get there? Are you going to be in Rome? I just realized that I'm going to be going back there for a couple days around the beginning of September. That would be awesome if I could see you! If not, we are going to hang out when we both get back and share all of our stories! I love you and miss you roomie :-)
Lauraaa! I miss you too! I leave for Rome on Tuesday! That would be awesome if you could visit! I would definitely love to see you and catch up! As soon as I have a cell phone (so next tues) and my number, I'll send it to you on fb and we can be in contact and figure out some plans! Love youuu!
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