Coming Home

Well, we are currentlt in London during our journey home. I actually haven't seen Barbara since our last flight, as Heathrow is a huge maze and not organized in any sense of the word, really. I'll see her at the gate though. Our final days in Israel were awesome. We spent the last day at Ceasarea mostly (due to time, we cut out our trip to Haifa). Caesarea was awesome! We both really enjoyed it there, and we hiked on foot the entire length - from Theatre to Aqueducts, we walked it all! There's just something about being in the presence of history that just gets me and Barbara was enamored with the coast. We both liked it a lot!

After our time at Ceasarea, we drove on down to Tel Aviv to check into our hotel, which was on the beach (Thanks John!!). Barbara did a great job at navigating even though she'll deny it, and I only freaked out driving once - we both did great! We checked in, walked around the hotel a bit and then hit the beach. There's a place where you can walk all the way from the beach to the rock-bar and the water never really gets above your knees, and even though I did it in jeans, it was still fun! We were sitting on the beach, awaiting a marveloud sunset when a man approached us and started asking us if we knew about Isaac and Jacob from the Bible. We affirmed that we did and then he proceeded to tell us that he met Isaac a few months ago and helped him get out of the mafia and off drugs so he could be with his girlfriend again, then he said he met Jacob and Jesus too....it was weird. Besides our "interesting" company (who didn't stay long), we watched the sunset and then went to hit the sack because we were going to have to get up early!

We woke up on time but left a little bit late because they couldn't find our car. When we finally arrived at the airport, we returned the car to the wrong place and sat in security check lines for over an hour. At which point, my tennis shoes were tested positive for explosive residue and are being shipped seperately (they can't travel in my suitcase) and I don't for the life of me know how in the world that could've happened. My shoes went everywhere Barbara's shoes went and all they checked on her was her book about the Holocaust... then we had to split up because she had to return the phone and I had to go through more security checks. I think we've been apart for most of the day so far, and I've seen more than a handful of security personnel! Anyway, we're on our way home... Luis and Nora are picking us up in San Francisco and we are extremely excited to be coming home.

Thank you to all of you who have written to us, via comments or emails - it is seriously such a blessing to know you are not forgotten while you are away! We have greatly appreciated your love and support over the past few weeks! We look forward to telling you everything we've experienced, though we are both in need of time to process certain things before we will be able to do so! We'll see you all soon enough though! We love you all!