Our Brilliant Tel Aviv escape!

The first taste of freedom.

Look, a playground! No wait -- IT'S AN OUTDOOR GYM ON THE BEACH.

Cribbage in the park, dah-ling!

The Orthodox beach. Not to be confused with the gay beach next door.

Beach tennis as the sun sets.

At the harbor.

Mediterranean sunset.

Prerequisite to leaving Israel - matzah ball soup.

The farm - Part III (and final!)

Eve, the kitten who adopted us. The only thing we miss from the farm!

Mike preparing the onion patch.

The tractor route and a beautiful sky.

Would you ever see this ad on a cereal box in America?

40,000 onion bulbs later, Allie is ecstatic to be leaving. Shalom!

Allie's Birthday - In Haifa!

The day begins! A train ride away from the farm.

Haifa! On Ben-Gurion street, looking up to the Baha'i gardens.

Whoa nelly.

Haifa, from the top of the Baha'i gardens.

The gardens and the port area below.

Allie on one of the 1400 steps.

Allie showing off her mad photography skillz...

...Ta da!

Roses for Rosalie.

The gardens, with the sea and city beyond.

The steps up to the top of the Baha'i Temple.

The terraces from below.

Flower star.

More stars and flowers.

Haifa's easy bike routes.

The proper way to extract the glorious Middle Eastern delicacy - Pomegranate Seeds

Step 1. Cut off the crown of the pomegranate.

Step 2. Cut lightly in sections along the rind.

Step 3. Soak for 5-10 min.

Step 4. Break apart and remove seeds.

The rind floats.

Step 5. Remove rind.

The seeds sink!

Step 6. Strain and eat :-)

The farm - Part II

Cukes that we picked!

Herbs for tea.

Lime trees galore.

The bees.

Strawberry fields forever.

Avocado trees.

(We're not sure what these are.)

White pumpkins?

Life on the farm - Part I

Our pad.

Beachin' it on the Mediterranean.

Cass, Amir (the owner of the farm), and Allie with the cutest kitten EVER.

Mike and Cass and tens of thousands of onion bulbs...

Al & Cass planting onions.

We're really excited to be here!

Sunrise on the back of a tractor... looking forward to another long day...