Day Eight: Mount Carmel, Baha’i Temple, and intro to Tel-Aviv
We started the morning out heading to one of the UNESCO sites in Haifa - the Baha’i temple. It was completely symmetrical and beautiful. We have on in Illinois actually in Wilmette, so it was neat to see Israel’s version.
Also, stray dog :(
We went for breakfast at a place that accepted all colors, all races, all TYPES of people! Very us.
I got a milkshake... because it was on the menu. Next stop, Mount Carmel! Growing up, I went to church at a place called Mount Carmel Church, so it was really neat for me to actually go there and see it. I actually don’t know what the significance of it is but after a quick wikipedia search it looks like it was regarded as a holy mountain, and Elijah resided there sometimes.
Beautiful view. So cool to see the city of Haifa in the distance, too. We were going to go to a town called Acre that apparently has good hummus but we both decided we should just go to Tel-Aviv, where we were ending our trip together. So we drove there and met our AirBnB host who was very talkative but friendly for a little while then hit the town.
Misleading sign to a head shop.
Menorah-lit building.
The coolest tree. We decided to check out a gay bar too which turned out to be a really weird experience. Mike and I just wanted to go DANCINGGGGG but this place was more of a sit down, drink, and smoke cigarettes kinda place. So we absorbed the atmosphere and just chilled out.
Ate some great falafel, then went back to our place to sleep.
