A once in a lifetime trip to tour the architecture of Israel ... as told through a series of "groupie" photos. What's a groupie photo you ask" It's like a selfie, but with a group.

A few months ago I took a trip to Israel as a guest of Vibe Israel, in an effort expand my horizons and experience a part of the world about which I know very little. I have been mentally and physically processing that trip since my return and I am still exhausted. I don’t know about you, but when I travel (especially on a trip that is specifically geared towards architecture) I take a lot of photos. Thousands and thousands of photographs. So many in fact, that it’s only been in the last few days that the cramp in my index finger has started to relax.This was a customized tour focusing on the culture and architecture of Israel, and in the 7 days I was there, I spent some time in Jerusalem, but most of our time was spent touring around Tel-Aviv (which I will touch on is subsequent posts). In addition to the thousands of photos I took, I was in about a thousand photos … and I don’t really like getting my picture taken. The folks at Vibe Israel loved taking group photos of us just about everywhere we went – we even traveled with a photographer whose primary goal was to take our picture – or at least it seemed that way at times.Before I get into the nuts and bolts about my trip, I thought I would go through our schedule … as told through our ...