Heart Journey 2 Holy Land

Our last week in Israel was one of coming down to the realisation that we are leaving. Though our hearts are heavy, we move on with the ebb and flow of our lives, all the richer for having been here with our beautiful family, having felt and absorbed the energy of the holy land, and having satisfied our intentions for our journey.

Our last week was less about travelling and more about time with loved ones.....

Zohar took Sufta for a walk to the lul.

It was Indepence Day on Tuesday and apart from the whole country being decorated with an abundance of flags, it's traditional to make food on the mengal which is the Israeli style BBQ. So we cooked up a feast and sufta came to spend the night.

And we took another trip to Sfat.....

And today we hung out at home with all the family on the street and our beautiful, amazing brother Lior.....

Maryjane

And we celebrated our last night and last Shabat with beautiful friends and family......

And we did a beautiful khidush together

In Israel it's very easy to just keep on eating....apart from the generous and hospitable nature of the people and the centredness of food within social gatherings, the food is just plain yum. We went to Rama, an arab village down the mountain, to dip houmous.

And a visit to the conditoria in Rama brings many amazing sweet treats.....the baklava when its fresh from the oven is hard to match......

And our favourites are these little pastry rolls filled with pure chocolate. These ones were literally out of the oven. They burnt my lap in the car on the way home but wow, the smell was sensational.

Then we visited Kavat Rom. It's a goat farm on Kamun mountain that makes amazing cheeses, milk and yogurt. It's available to buy in the stores but it was amazing to go and buy the produce directly from the farm, fresh from the day's milking.

All the kids piled into the back of the car and we missioned round the mountain to the Kavat Rom


They have many peacocks amongst other animals wondering the farm.

There is also a nursery where all the baby kids are kept. Our children jumped in and played and cuddled with them.

We went into the fridges and bought some goat's cheese with sesame, sfetit and a few bottles of goat's yogurt with sylan (dates). very yum.

And Zohar love it alot!!

Our next food date was with Gabby and family for jaknun on Shabat.

The jaknun came out of the oven looking like 2 amazing cakes.

Then we walked on the mountain around to Kamuna - the bedouin side of the mountain. Every sunset the prayer from the mosque there is sung over the microphone from the mosques tower so all the village is united in prayer. I find hearing this brings an energy that is deeply spiritual and peaceful.