Going back to Toronto, our flight to Tel Aviv was not full so we each had two seats on the plane. However the armrest wouldn't go all the way up so it was certainly not comfortable. We landed at Ben Gurion airport which is between Tel Aviv and Jersualem and drove to Tel Aviv to our hotel.
We passed wheat and barley fields which looked green and lush. They can only grow these crops in the winter here because it is too hot in the summer and there is no rain. For the past five years there has been drought and the crops haven't grown, but this year they are looking good and we have found out why. It was cloudy when we arrived and the next day there were occasional showers and that evening the rain started and it has rained ever since.
After supper some of the group (including Bob, but not me) walked to Jaffa which is the old section of Tel Aviv. It was a harbour in biblical times - where Jonah departed trying to get away from his responsibilities. The following are pictures taken in the dark that night.
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