Some pics. . .update to come later today.

Israel definitely has a big stray cat problem, or maybe it's just here in the North. Their cats are almost like our gray squirrels. Try to find all six cats in the pic.

A cute picture of Betty hanging laundry.

A beautiful bird on R'chov HaPlugot. . .and of course some plastic without which it would hardly be Israel.

It was walking on Shabbat and heard these amazing bird calls and then heard a girl yell "Tuki, tuki!!!" to her mom. I looked up and there were a bunch of bright green parrots in the tree above me. There are at least four in this picture.

Maybe it wasn't fair to say that everybody's front yards are bare and unkempt. Some of the yards here are beautiful.

Eitan and Connie Shishkoff's back yard.

After being sick for a while, I took my first sightseeing adventure into Haifa. It was very easy to find my way around.

The closest to the Ba'hai Gardens that I got, but it was exquisite.

Part of my walk through Haifa.

National Maritime Museum

This knot board was one of the neatest things in the museum.

I finally made my trip to the Mediterranean and walked on the beach. It was gorgeous!