Where did Helen meet Dror in the novel, The Weight of Ink?

Helen met Dror in Israel during a volunteer trip in the decade following the Second World War. The Masada fortress became an important symbol of their relationship, and she recalls their trip to the sea and the army base they worked on. Helen’s descriptions of the Judean Desert reflect the mark left by Dror’s love on her life; she recalls having expected the landscape to undergo the change she experienced within herself.