Acco - Safed


Breakfast at the Dan Carmel, Haifa 

Zim Lines administration building, Haifa Harbor

A familiar site: from the back of the bus.... Touring Haifa

Railroad yards; Zim administration building - Haifa Harbor

Haifa built on the hill(s)

Fertile fields around Haifa

Commuter train in industrial area - Haifa

Typical stores and apartments - outskirts of Haifa 

Entrance to Akko

Akko event hall

Map of the old city of Akko (Acre) 

Entrance to old city of Akko

SIgn in visitors' center, Akko (Acre)

Citadel garden (Akko)

Entranceway to Citadel - Akko

Signs in three languages (Akko)

Everyone's taking photos! (Akko)

Crusader archway (Akko) 

Crusader ruins (Akko)

Crusader vault (Akko)

Hole dug by Irgun prisoners in 1947, going into Crusader ruins


Vault corner (Crusader ruins/Akko)


Castle area used as prison by British (Akko)

Upper level of Citadel (Akko)

More excavation to do! (Akko)

A very pretty arch (Akko)

Tourists in the ruins! (Akko)

Massive column, steel-banded for strength (Akko) 

Vault ceiling (Akko ruins)

A very large Crusader dining room (Akko)

How big the column is! (Akko ruins)

Base of arch (Akko ruins)

A narrow tunnel indeed! (Akko)

Be careful if you're tall! (Akko)

Marcia and Beth exiiting the tunnel (Akko)

A Crusader stone tombstone (Akko)

Akko

Artistic manhole cover (Akko)

Good signs once in a while! (Akko)


Good bargains to be had! (Akko)


A modern sign in an unusual place (Akko)

A happy tourist (Akko)

"Modern" building in old Akko

Rabbi found a hat!! (Akko) 


In the bazaar (Akko)


Happy shopping! - featuring Gloria, the Belle of the tour! (Akko)

On the way to Safed

Cutural Center in Safed 

Cutural Center in Safed 

Bullet holes from earlier fighting

Reminders of war (Safed)

Where to go in Safed

Old Safed

One special shop (Susan knows the owner)

Micrography on display (Safed)

Tthe Song of Songs (Safed)

Tommy's Flat Stanley visits Safed with Saba

Iris meeting another Iris! - along with Tommy's Flat Stanley (Safed)

Joseph Karo Synagogue - Safed

Sephardic-style bema (Safed)

Blue is a favorite Kabbalistic color (shul in Safed)

Learning about the synagogue (Safed)

Karo Synagogue ark (Safed)

Closeup of ark (Safed shul)

Tommy's Flat Stanley and Savta in shul (Safed)

To another old synagogue (Safed) 

History of Abuhav Synagogue, Safed

Exterior of Abuhav Synagogue (Safed)


Three arks in Abuhav Synagogue (Safed) .... and a lot of blue


Ornate ark cover and art work (Abuhav Synagogue, Safed) 

Very ornate bema (Abuhav Synagogue, Safede) 

Beautifully painted synagogue (Safed)

Sephardic scrolls in ark (Abuhav Synagogue, Safed)

Closeup of parochet (Abuhav Synagogue, Safed)

Closeup of ceiling, Abuhav Synagogue/Safed

Close up of design of Holy Temple (Abuhav Synagogue, Safed)

Early art work - Rachel's tomb (Abuhav Synagogue, Safed)

Safed candle museum - chess set in wax

All in wax (Safed candle museum)

Death of Jacob in wax (Safed candle museum)

Safed scene

Restaurant scene (Safed)

View of Safed

Galilee countryside

Galilee

Galilee

Galilee hills

Sea of Galilllee in the distance

At the sandal store

sandal store

Galillee view

Sea of Galilee in the distance

Sea of Galilee

Beautiful Galilee scene

Hula Valley

Blue sky over Galilee

Hula Valley

Haifa park


View of Haifa Bay


Haifa Bay


Dan Carmel Hotel - Haifa

Hotel garden - Dan Carmel/Haifa

Sunset - Haifa Bay from Dan Carmel Hotel room

Setting sun over Haifa Bay

Haifa Bay - different angle from hotel balcony

Sunset continues over Haifa Bay

Haifa Bay sunset

Haifa Bay sunset

Sunset continues (Haifa Bay)

Haifa Bay sunset

Sun behind Haifa clouds

Haifa Bay sunset

Haifa Bay sunset

Haifa Bay - sunset just occurring

Dusk over Haifa Bay

Haifa hills

Haifa Bay