Day 1 & Day 2 TRAVEL and Tel Aviv, Mediterranean Sea

Updating this in the corner of my room where I can sit precisely and hopefully keep coverage long enough to update this blog! :) We have had very sketchy internet and it's dial up. 
Day 1 & Day 2: TRAVEL...We left Cincinnati after 2 long delays around 6:30pm, and made our connecting flight at JFK where they were waiting on us and we were wheels off the ground at 9:30pm on Monday. After a long flight, fighting sleep, we arrived in Tel Aviv at 3:45pm on Tuesday. So we started our first day in Israel on our second day of our trip! :)

We stayed in Tel Aviv at a beautful 5 star hotel! However, no internet in the rooms. We were on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea! We swam in the Mediterranean Sea! It was a beautiful shore, warm water and large Rock walls protecting the shore from the strong currents just beyond. Of course, all of our boys and several girls climbed the rocks to catch a glimpse of the crashing waves on the other side!  The water was very warm and very safe. The rocks protected the swim area.

Dad in Mediterranean Sea; Hotel in background

Gail in Mediterranean Sea! Very warm water!

Max  & Pat swam out to the outcropping a ways from the shore, but still fairly shallow water

Pat & Max on the rocks in the Mediterranean Sea, now others are making their way

Most of our tour group made it to the rocks!

View of hotel facing the beach

It was beautiful, but after a dinner of a very long list of Mediterranean delights, we found sleep to come easy! And it was the end of the second day of travel, and we slept!