Haifa Day 2

 I only planed to explore Haifa for one day, yet my classmate gave me a ride and saved at least 1/2 day. There was still no buses on Saturday, so I started walking from 8 am to get to Cave of Elijah who was a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Baha'i, and lived in the cave on Mt. Carmel during the reign of King Ahab. Unfortunately, the cave and the nearby National Maritime Museum were close at 9 am, so I continued walking to the Bad Galim beach and other sites. I was tempted to walk down from cave from Stella Maris monastery yesterday but discouraged by locals as my sports sandals couldn’t handle the steep downhill. I took their words and then saw with my own eyes of the steepness that I indeed shouldn’t try to kill myself that way. LOL









There are many staircases in town. I walked up to Haifa Museum of Art, Madatech, and then Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, but didn’t get in. I ran out of water, and almost had a heat stroke. I knocked on the door of one house to fill up my water bottle to continue uphill. 

There was a nice walkway behind Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, and I accidentally entered the top two levels of Bahá'í Gardens. With better instructions, I arrived the central levels of Bahá'í Gardens where the Shrine of the Bab located. However, I was half hour after the Shire was close, so I only saw the gardens but not the Shrine.











I took a nap in the hostel, got some groceries and fixed myself tuna sandwich for dinner. I then headed out for an evening walk, strolled in the Germany colony, ran into a matching drum band on the street, checked out a department store, and walked into a Christian service as part of my holy land experience.

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