Israel - In the beginning.....
Netanya—Week one The pace must change as we approach Israel, we thought. The nature of this part of the trip is different although our aim is to hike in areas identified as interesting. However, before we get to the hiking activities, there is serious spiritual work to do. We hope we are up to the task. We arrived in Israel and decided to take a taxi to Netanya. Our options weren’t that extensive. Hitch-hike, train or selected option. We have used the train a few times before but it was too late to be assured of a reasonable arrival time. We expected the rush-hour traffic to be over by 7pm so we sat back to enjoy the change of scenery. From the airport, through Tel Aviv to Netanya, the land was flat. The high points, we noticed, were the skyscrapers of that city; no naturally high terrain was visible. As for traffic, we felt that we could be in any large city—bumper to bumper until the last while of the journey. Added to this, the temperature was in the nineties although we did not rea...