Today we headed out by train to Akko Israel. It is an ancient port city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. There are parts of it that date back 4000 years. The old city is just being discovered as it was covered in dirt and new settlements were built on top of it. They say that someone ordered the great halls to be filled in with 8ft of dirt. We saw parts today that were full of dirt but you could see the arches of the roof lines. They said it was still to be discovered. The architecture was great, I love the parabolic curved ceilings and wonder each time I see them how they are constructed.
I got some great shots of soldiers today. It was excellent people watching on the train, it was full of soldiers and their machine guns. I am not sure if they went home to see their families for the holidays and were now returning or what, but there were a lot of them in transit today. By the way Happy Jewish New Year. Everything has been closed for the last few days as they have been celebrating.
We keep moving from Sea to Sea, we are now in Haifa which is on the Mediterranean Sea.
Click on this link for Akko Israel pictures and Soldier photos
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