If only we could drive our PC to Israel and Greece. 
We are heading back to the Holy Land to take it slower this year and absorb it rather than via a fast-paced tour.
We are also visiting Irene's aunt in Greece. Maybe you heard of her. Vefa Alexiadou is the "Julia Childs" of Greece. She is now 85 and needs a lot of help with her home. It will be a working vacation there fixing faucets, toilets, windows, and window dressings. Greece's failed economy along with Aunt Vefa loosing her 2 daughters months apart to sudden illness, just wiped her out. Her daughters were her managers. Vefa's cook books on Greek cooking was a hit in the USA for a while. CLICK HERE to see her on the Martha Stewart show.
Ron, we just returned from a 10 day tour of Israel. Our guide was a former combat medic in the Israeli Army. He took us to some very interesting places that were more of a political interest than religious. It was a great trip.
Barry T
Wow, that founds fascinating.
But this trip for us will be a slow paced self-guided tour with our bibles in-hand reading the scriptures to explain what exactly happened in each of the places we go back to. We will include a few new stops.