It's difficult to make time for a blog when you work 10 hour days and go out to eat every night, but I have to tell you about Israel. It's incredible.

First of all, I don't think I would have picked this as a place to visit. Now that I've been here I would totally recommend it, and I've pretty much only seen one city. It's very Mediteranean. Palms and olive trees are everywhere. Nobody is in a hurry about anything, which is kinda a problem if your trying to build something with local labor, but for a vacation it would be perfect. The area we are in seems to not be discovered by tourists yet.

And the food is really good. Its true what they say about Americans being overweight. Israelis are thin, generally. But its not because they don't eat a lot. They just eat healthier. Their meals are entirely fresh vegetables, hummus, bread, eggs and fish. I haven't seen beef anywhere yet, and other meat is rare. You couldn't avoid olives if you tried. They come on and with everything.