De
New York Times bracht eerder deze week volgend artikel over vakantie in Israël. Een aanrader (artikel en bestemming dus).
“JUMP! Just jump!” I could hear Sarah, my 12-year-old daughter, pleading. My feet were dangling in the air and my body was squeezed into a manhole-sized opening in a dirt floor, with only a flickering candle illuminating the darkness. I grappled around and held my breath before dropping to the ground.
Up ahead, Sarah’s two older brothers were scrambling through a cloud of dust into a hollowed-out chamber dug 2,300 years ago. We were in the remains of
Maresha, about 50 miles south of
Tel Aviv. Its residents excavated caves to produce limestone ...