After a goodnight rest we woke up and opened our room window. We were surprised to see the sea! We hadn’t known that this time we would also have a view of the sea as in all the other places were we stayed. It was just beautiful!
Breakfast
We went to Beit Oren guesthouse dining room for breakfast. We had a great variety of food to choose from and it was very good. In the picture you can see the view from the dining room window.
Later Thamara went back to our room to get something so Ilan took this picture of a Bubul bird from the window of the dining room.
Later Ilan took a picture of thamara waving from our room’s window.
Biking On Mount Carmel
Later Thamara went back to our room to get something so Ilan took this picture of a Bubul bird from the window of the dining room.
Later Ilan took a picture of thamara waving from our room’s window.
Biking On Mount Carmel
Beit Oren offers bike trips on the Carmel plus bike renting. Since we had our own bikes we went on our own tour. We first drove to look for a nice path to ride. We found a place where we were able to get a good map of the paths around. We drove to the path we chose, unloaded our bikes and started riding.
In the beginning we saw some big cows there and in one part of the path a cow was blocking the path we were scared and also the cow, eventually the cow moved and we were able to continue.
It was a beautiful sunny day; the path and the view from the Carmel Mountain were great.
A view of Haifa bay up to Lebanon on the other side of the mountain:
A view of the path:
The path went up and down, hard climbing and fun downhill riding. After few hours of riding we decided to go back before it would be too late. We decided to climb the mountain straight up into the Druze village of Isfiya. It was a hard climb walking with our bikes. We finally made it, now we had to find our way around the village and get to the main street where there are also many restaurants.
Finally we found the main street and also found a good place to eat a nice falafel. We bought some extra falafel for later and continued riding through the village.
As we got out of the village Ilan saw a small path through the forest and thought it would be a nice shortcut leading us back to our car. We took it and it was quite a wild ride but also fun.
On the way we saw a herd of black goats and a shepherd.
Later we were not sure where to turn but we decided on a certain direction. As we were riding toward a curve we saw a group of jackals running away from us into the woods, this was scary! We went on and it was getting dark, suddenly we saw that the path was going to the wrong direction. Now we were really worried not to get stuck there by night. Ilan was praying in his heart that God would help us; Thamara was hungry again and was riding far behind Ilan (in the beginning she was always first while Ilan was trying to catch up).
Later we saw some picnic tables, this was a good sign that the main road was not far and indeed we found our way out. We were so relived to be out of the forest in time before the sunset. As we got to the main road we saw a big sun setting into the sea.
Riding on the road we reached a place where the road was curving down the mountain, this was a very fast ride and we had to use our breaks all the time to slow down since we were riding as fast as the cars. We finally made it to the car, loaded our bikes, went back to our room to relax and enjoy another falafel! That was our last honeymoon night, with just one more day to go!
A view of Haifa Bay by night, taken on the way back from the bike path to Beit Oren: 
