Wandering in and out of museums, strolling the boulevards, biking past famous monuments, and enjoying the exceptional cuisine is what we enjoyed at the start of our 3 month sabbatical.

Jerusalem, Haifa, Acre, Nazareth, Golan Heights, Galilee, the Dead Sea, the Red Sea, Bethlehem, Masada, Qumran, and even a quick visit to Jordan’s Petra and Wadi Rum, we are visiting it all!

Visiting Yosemite National Park during Labor Day weekend was nuts! Everywhere I looked were cars and people, and cars and more people! Nevertheless, we enjoyed our stay in Wawona and we beat the crowds by getting up very early.