Thursday evening, January 12 CAARI 2018 began. They came from , California, North Carolina, Virginia, and the cold of Chicago, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts,Toronto, Edmonton and Montreal to sunshine and warm temperatures of Tel Aviv and the warm hospitality of the City Hotel . Many are new participants, and others have been on the program in previous years and happy to see familiar faces and meet new participants. On Friday morning the group traveled north stopping at our first site - Atlit.
(More to follow)
From Atlit the group continued their journey north to explore ancient Megiddo. This is a and unusual ancient and
important Canaanite City. The remains of the palaces, temples, gates, and the
sophisticated water system of the city are evidence of its great power. James
Michener's ‘The Source’ was based on Meggido. Neil, our walking book of knowledge, led us through the ancient gates of the city to view the site and walk down and up the steps of the water system. He did tell us there were 180 steps, down, down we went and then up and up - we made it! Yeah CAARI! 
We had lunch on our own and
continued on to Kfar Blum, our new home for the next 6 days. Shabbat dinner was unbelievable - the food was a work of art. In the evening, some of enjoyed a special classical musical event - "Between Berlin to Jerusalem" . 
