Tel Dan Caesarea Philippi Golan Heights Gamla

9:30 AM Traveling east, we are driving away from the coastal area of Tel Aviv into a greener part of the country known as the Shephelah. Here we will stop at a tel called Gezer. A tel is a geographical site once occupied (by humans, of course) but now abandoned. Once upon a time, Solomon … More Day 1: Gezer, Beit Shemesh, Azekah, Tel Maresha, and Mizpe Ramon

20:48 PM (New York City) After being served drinks and mini bagels (at least they look like bagels; reading Hebrew isn’t one of my strong points), our group of twenty-four is settling in for the rest of the 9 hr. 5 min. flight to Tel Aviv. 10:30 AM (Tel Aviv-Yafo) We are now flying over … More Welcome to Israel