Day 6
We said goodbye to Nof Ginosar and the Kineret (sea of Galilee – sunrise picture below) and headed to Safed aka Tsfat aka Madonnaville where we spent the entire morning. Safed and its mystical old city was the closest we encountered to a beautiful European village perched on a hill. Safed is the birthplace of Kabalah (hence Madonnaville) and one of the holiest cities in Judaism. We visited a candle workshop, historic synagogues, and tasted our first Yemenite Lachuch from Ronen the ‘Lachuch’ guy (pictured below – I think he’s smiling, not sure) )
We then started driving toward Jerusalem. But first we stopped at another holy site, Gangaroo, an Australian animal zoo. Ok, not quite holy, but once I saw the freaky gray fox bats I started to wonder. A dip in the natural pools of Sachne (Gan Hashlosha) was just what the doctor ordered…
Eating With Ziggy 