Hundreds of cafes, stores, theaters, restaurants, galleries, resorts, kibbutzim, hiking and camping and historical sites greet the visitor. Israelis seek adventure. There are few restrictions for tourists who want to discover enough history to satisfy Lewis, Clark, and Josephus. Yaffo, one of the oldest port cities on the Mediterranean, still has its authentic maze of cobblestone roads and corridors of stone. The Negev, Golan Heights, Dead Sea, Eilat, Akko, Halfa, Tzfat, Masada, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv.
Police minivans with blaring blue sirens are never far away in a city.
As the norm, and enough to irritate a Zen monk. But although it is difficult to get anybody to cooperate in a meeting, it is not impossible. Israelis seem born with political savvy. Thus, everything has an explanation, and an opinion beyond that explanation. Taxi drivers divulge why falafel is the national food.