Caesarea

For our last adventure on the west side of Israel, we decided to go see a little Roman history. That's right, folks, Roman history... 

Once upon a time, there was a king named Herod. Let me tell you everything I knew about him before this adventure: 

He killed babies.

That's all I knew. Well, as it turns out, he was a king who (surprise) loved his reputation. So, he built (actually, he had built for him) the first ever fake harbor. It has since been torn down and rebuilt about a million times. Really, only 3, but still...

Anyway, this place used to be HUGE. It used to be a big glorified country club for VIP Romans, complete with a private marina. It really helped Herod's reputation, but that's about it. Here's a view of the south side...

Herod had a huge racing stadium built, where they raced horses. Its called the Hippodrome, meaning "circus." This is on the bathhouses off to the side...

Mom found an available chariot for racing... get ready, get set, CHARGE!

Our last stop for the day was the old Roman Theater. Imagine our surprise when we walked into a bunch of people setting up for a huge concert that night! It was pretty sweet... So we took a picture! :) For the record, the concert was Machina... I've never heard of them/her/him... Also, for the record, Nok Out bars come no where close to Magnum bars on the chocolate scale. They fall underneath even Hershey... yep. That bad.