Marzipan Museum
Today was the only day we all took off during Hanukkah, so we decided to go somewhere. I had seen information about the Marzipan Museum in Kfar Tavor, and I’m the driver, so that is where we went.
According to the mapping program I used, it should have taken us about 2 1/2 hours to get there, but we ended up on the slow road, stopped for an early lunch in Ranana, and got there around 2. The museum has a short movie (available in English and Hebrew), and you can see many sculptures made out of marzipan. Several of the sculptures are of Israeli personalities, and truthfully, there were a few I didn’t recognize. They also have a window which looks into the “factory” which is all of one large room.
Afterward they have workshops where you can either sculpt your own marzipan, or do both marzipan and chocolate molding. We chose both, and my girls were covered with chocolate! We had a great time making, ladybugs, snowmen, oranges and other fruit out of marzipan. The baby, and hubby didn’t have as great a time, because it really doesn’t work for under three.
Kfar Tavor is a very cute town, directly under Mt. Tavor (which looks incredibly huge from below). They also have a winery, and we were told also a beehive center where you can learn about the making of honey.
We left there and went home via Beit Shean, and Falafel Zahava, recommended by Treppenwitz. (Yummy!) We didn’t get Zahava working there, but we did let them know that they were highly recommended.
The ride back was nicely uneventful. It has been a long time since I’ve driven on a two lane road with no streetlights, but luckily I always had a vehicle in front of me to “draft” off of.
oh that’s a long way. Sounds like fun though. Shame I missed you, seeing that you were in Ra’anana…maybe next time.
I hope you took knitting for that long drive.
Comment by Orli — December 30, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
I wonder how long a Marzipan “creation” can last…I have a Pig (that is shrunk wrapped in clear plastic) that I got in Bremen, Germany (I think is is the pig from the Town Musicians) back in 1991.
Comment by Jay — February 12, 2009 @ 3:39 am