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Wow! What a day. I will break up the posts as it takes a long time to upload a large post. There were 3 coincidences today and I will intertwine them herein. Left at 7 for Zichron Ya'akov (In memory of Jacob or more accurately Jacob's memorial). It is a farm area named by Baron deRothschild after his father. I have not decided his motive yet, be it philanthropic or for profit. That's a story for later. This is one of the 2 areas for Carmel wines. It is surrounded by Israeli Arabs and they get along beautifully. Today it is an artist area, wine and agriculture. We got there at 8 and could not get breakfast til 8:30. There are many cafes and old synagogues. It is a fovorite tourist destination for Israelis. We walked around and when the cafe opened, no English menus, I decided to order fresh orange juice, smoked salmon, eggs and vegetables. I asked the waitress how do you prepare the eggs and she said anyway you want. I said good, I'll have 2 eggs over medium and don't break the yolks. Chuckle, chuckle. She said no problem. The yolks were broken. She was some kind of Oriental (I know not politically correct). Coincidence #1: A woman was next to us with her baby. I thought I heard her call the baby's name. I said mah shem pointing to the baby. She said Maya. Just what I thought I heard. After breakfast we were walking to the car and passed a museum just opening for the day. At 1st I wasn't going in and then decided why not. It was the First Aliyah Museum and was wonderful. It is about the 1st settlers and was very moving. These people had courage and determination beyond belief. In Israel many of the museums have free admission with a MasterCard platinum. I had just got one before we left. My granddaughters made a contribution on the way out.