We are taking another
relaxing day mostly on the ship.
One thing we do visit is the
Hanging Gardens
of Haifa. These are garden terraces around the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel. These gardens are maintained by the people of
the Bahá'í Faith.
These gardens are STUNNING. I
have NEVER seen anything like them. They
are immaculately manicured. The grass is
so perfectly trimmed it doesn’t seem real.
My mind is blown. I couldn’t stop
saying: ”I haven’t seen anything like this.”
It was truly amazing. The pictures of what look like stairs show only half of the gardens. They are double the height of what can be seen.
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| Haifa skyline |
We hoped for a bit more
happening town. We saw the gardens
walked around a bit and ended up back on the ship within a couple of
hours. Not of course before enduring the
scrutiny of the Israeli security. I
shouldn’t really say ‘enduring’ because it is very calm, polite and respectful. Most of all it’s expected…I expect my things
to be searched, to go through a metal detector and to be questioned. It’s interesting that from just
the weight of my bag they can tell I don’t have anything to be concerned about.
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