First Century Boat

So, our last stop for the day was at the museum that houses the first century boat, discovered in 1985. It has been carbon dated and is about 2,000 years old.



and here is where the boat was discovered.




We spent about 1 1/2 hours at the museum, which by the way consists of the boat. Nothing else, except for a shop. There is only so long you can look at the boat. Pretty good way to increase sales, keep folks sitting there with nothing else to do, look at the boat or shop.

And that was the end of Day 2 - busy busy. We headed back to the hotel and had the opportunity to try beef tongue. Just couldn't do it, didn't look good, didn't smell good, not at all appealing. The good news is that our hotel had great food, a big buffet every night, and there was always plenty to eat.

Lunch every day was pretty routine. We usually were offered Falafel, which is fried balls made from ground chickpeas and/or fava beans and served in a pita, and you can add lots of veggies to it, or eat with sauces. About 80% of the folks on our tour just loved falafel, so when the guide said where do you want to eat, well, wherever they serve falafel. So, it's not beef tongue, I thought, I'll eat this. Not so great, took a couple of bites and was glad I had a bag of nuts in my pack. Next day for lunch, falafel, or something else I can't recall - but not any better. Third day, falafel. Tim rebelled, said he just couldn't do another falafel, so he goes off on his own and finds food. He said he bought a hamburger, knows it wasn't beef, more of a mystery meat, but hands down better than falafel. Several of us were wondering at his courage, at least we knew they were taking us to clean places, but Tim was determined not to eat it again. As for me, I made sure I had nuts along.