Today we went to Caesarea. The history, ruins, architecture, and sites. are interesting but I am always blown away by Roman engineering from two thousand years ago: The Romans had underwater concrete to make a harbor breakwater. The hippodrome (horse race track) is right out of "Ben Hur." The Roman Amphitheater is still used today for concerts, and the aqueducs stretch many kilometers to their water source. There were more people living in Caesarea 1,800 years ago (over 50,000) than the number of people who live here now (45,000).
Amphitheater setting up for a Pixies concert
We went to all the museums when they opened in the morning, watched the videos & hologram movies, and then hung out on the beach at Caesarea the rest of the day; the jellyfish bloom there is not as terrible as Haifa so we went swimming in the Mediterranean, finally.
Hippodrome (horse racetrack)
Sand Castles on the beach
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