We got up at 1:30 to make it to the airport at 3:30 to leave at 5:30 Israel. Landed in Dallas at 4:30 TX time. Ate Mexican food! And made it home around 8pm. Lost 7 hours coming back so even though we had something like 20+ hrs of travel time, we made it all in one day.
We had great food and lots of it all week. Since we went to mostly touristy places we ate local fare every day. Even though hummus and shawarma is good, we missed our variety of dishes by the end of the week. Ben said he wanted tacos, a burger, and pizza when we landed. Kosher buffets will not serve animal products and meat on the same bar so no butter or cheese at dinner even though you can get it at breakfast. One place had pizza on the breakfast bar because they wouldn’t serve it in the evening.
We fed the birds, met lots of cats, saw a desert mouse, and a camel. We saw lots of succulents, olives, figs, and lots of flowers.
Photos of food, flora, and fauna.
Generic photos and maps from the trip (after the albums are all the individual ones).