What good is a study tour, even about such a fascinating subject as ICT in education in Israel, if there's not time for some pleasant sightseeing and hiking? Of course that's a rhetorical question - the obvious answer is that it's not very good at all, and we have no intention whatsoever of having such a tour.
After leaving the Technion we traveled to the center of town where we met our guide for a few hours, Kobi Fleischman. Kobi told us a bit about the history of Haifa, focusing on its ethnic make-up. First, we drove up to Stella Maris.
From there we hiked down to the cave of Elijah the Prophet, forgetting for a while that we were still in one of Israel's major cities, since for much of the hike we felt that we were out in the wild (though our digital devices were never far from us).
We also viewed the city from one of its highest points, and then explored the German Quarter with numerous fascinating stories that brought its history to life. Our last stop in the city was a dairy restaurant where to our continuous surprise, the food kept coming and coming until there was very little we could do during the ride back home beyond falling asleep.
True, we should have been discussing all we'd seen and done (educationally, at least) that day, or perhaps we should have done that when we got back to the hotel around 22:30. But ... quite frankly, all we could think about was getting to sleep, since we knew quite well that we had a long and eventful day ahead of us starting early the next morning.
After leaving the Technion we traveled to the center of town where we met our guide for a few hours, Kobi Fleischman. Kobi told us a bit about the history of Haifa, focusing on its ethnic make-up. First, we drove up to Stella Maris.
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