I have to say that they absolutely love Americans. I spent the day with my co worker that crew changed with me a Big Australian gentleman named David, he was shocked at how kind the locals were to me and how they went out of their way to help me when they found out that I was a American Cristian, I have to say that no matter what your beliefs it is such an amazing place that you have to see it if you ever have a chance.
I was just extremely lucky after working 23 hours straight repairing and mobilizing an ROV system, we got off the boat at 10:30PM local time in Israel, the time we went from Port Haifa to Tel Aviv and checked into our hotels it was 04:30 AM, as David and I knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity he called my room to wake me up at 08:30 we took a Bus to Jerusalem and had Taxi drivers give us the tour.
I did not realize that Bethlehem was in Palestine, seeing the wall, visiting the Birthplace of Christ, and seeing his tomb, the Western wall this was all surreal, I will take my wife there for 10 days, we saw a lot in the 14 hours we explored but I need to go back and my wife really wants to go in all honesty I felt as safe their as I do here, I was truly amazed to see how much those people love us Americans. I have to say Israel Rocks!