Since this past weekend is the last weekend for us here in the Holy Land, we decided to make the best of it and rented a car travelling to all the places we wanted to visit before leaving.
On Friday May 18, 2007 we woke up early and headed straight out to the Dead Sea. Now for those of you that may not know, the Dead Sea is a salt lake that sits between Israel and Jordan. Because of its unusually high concentration of salt anyone can easily float. We arrived in the area and decided to stop on the way at Masada, a site of ancient palaces which sits on top of a large rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea (Masada became famous for its attributed mythic significance in the First Jewish-Roman War (also known as the Great Jewish Revolt) when a siege of the fortress by troops of the Roman Empire led to a Mass Suicide of the site's Jewish fugitives when defeat became imminent). Both of us really love history and to see these historical ruins was very exciting for us. Afterwards we enjoyed floating around in the dead sea and actually tried looking for some mud to cover ourselves in, but were unable to find any.
On Saturday May 19, 2007 in the afternoon we headed out to Meggido, also known as Armageddon where the decisive battle between the forces of good and evil, to end all destruction and persecution, will take place. It wasn't as large and fascinating as Masada, however the past history of the site and the future that awaits for it was of definite interest and worth seeing.That evening for dinner we went out to Herziliyya for a great Japanese meal. We went up to Oishi Oishi, which sits in the upper level of the Port Mall and overlooks the port and the sunset on that day was spectacular. Both of us had always wanted to go, but never had the opportunity to do so. This time however we made sure we went there. The food was really good and abundant. We both definitely recommend it!
