Well, his father is a bit of a conservative Christian (my friend is not) and his father meets up with a lady that lives there I believe. She is possibly a historian there, I can not say for certain.
The only bad experience he spoke of (and I know you didn't ask for bad experiences) was when he took his wife, he said some people threw rocks at her for wearing a shirt with no sleeves. In my ignorance I asked if they were muslims, and he said they were Orthodox Jews????
He said they have been wanting to take a kayak down one of the famous rivers??? Not sure which one.
Overall he said it is just a great place to eat, shop and play, yet learn and visit many historical places.
He said sabbath is greatly observed there in the sense that areas go real quiet and then when it is over, it comes alive again. Is that true?