Caeserea

Today was a very fun day! We took the car to Caesarea to see the ruins of the Roman town. We started at the aqua-duct that lead into the town. Today it is a beach, and a pretty one at that. We walked along it, and I collected small stones washed ashore. We then headed into the ruins which are now a national park. We saw the amphitheater, the hippodrome and the old ports. We watched a short video on it that explained the history of the place. it was funny to see how the place was conquered by different religious groups who would then tear down the temples and rebuild their own. It is all in ruins now, but still very cool to see and imagine what it used to be. Kris and I stopped at a restaurant called the Crusaders Grill in the old port of the town and had some delicious snapper. It was great to watch the people swim in the bay, sail, and even jet ski. We did our own beach bumming after dinner at a beach just south of the National Park. Beautiful Relaxing day.


We ended up eating dinner in the German Colony. Kris was a little upset that I kept feeding a kitten under our table. He thought for sure it would follow me home. The poor thing was limping because it had a hurt paw. It would just look up at me with those big sad eye (like the ones on Shrek) as if it were asking, "Are you going to eat all that roast beef or could I have just a little?" This was just too much for the girl who grew up with a small obsession with cats. Yep, that kitten saw me coming a mile away.