These past few days we’ve been traveling fools. Give us a car, a set of keys and some gasoline, and we’re off! We rented a car in Natanya and started our own private tour of the mid section of Israel. Natanya is a coastal town, not far from Alfe Menashe, where we are “headquartered” the next two weeks. Rinah and Boaz dropped us off at the home of Ephraim & Rimona Frank who had actually left us for a 6-week trip to the Far East! It was a quick hello-goodbye to these wonderful friends, who gave us the key to their home. Their son, Yonatan, is a university student and here most of the time.
Our first day trip took us to Akko, a northerly city on the Mediterranean coast where we stopped for lunch and a walk around this ancient fortified city. The city is mostly a Palestinian city, but many Jews live there as well.
We heard that a city not far away (Zichron Ya’akov) was most pleasant to visit, and was noted a special place of remembrance to a wealthy man from England whose name was Jacob (Ya’akov) Rothschild. He had a special heart for Israel, and endowed quite a lot of money in the building of cities in Israel. We found this particular city so charming that we felt if we lived in Israel, it would be wonderful to live here. The streets were well kept, and several blocks were closed off from traffic as a walk-area for residents and visitors to roam from shop to shop. Also there was a Memorial Park built to honor Rothschild, where he and his wife are buried. The Carmel Winery and vineyard is located here, which we visited.
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