We get off the bus and enter the walkway down towards the Sea of Galilee...another site built right by the water. We are immediately greeted by peacocks and other migratory birds as we’re walking toward the spot where we will eat our box lunches picnic style. Of...
I was surprised by just how moving this place was for me. When we were told where we were going, I thought it would be neat, but we really have seen a lot of ancient ruins by now, and they all look kinda the same. The story is what makes them so special. This place...
I can’t remember if I talked about Mr Arbel on the first day we toured or not. We walked along the valley on day 1 I believe, looking up at the caves that people lived in, in Jesus’ time. Bedouins and Jews lived in the mountains between Nazareth and the Sea of...
What a busy day, Day 9! Lots of cool stuff to talk about today. One of the highlights was off the tour path...Pizza Hut! After a busy morning of touring, we got to stop at an Israel supermarket. Evan and I got some cereal, some Coke, and some Oreos to get a little...
We don’t know where Jesus’ first miracle of changing the water into wine actually occurred, other than it was in Cana. There is a church in Cana, still a hopping city, that honors this first miracle. There is also a wine shop capitalizing on it, too, that we may or...
(Sorry, whomever that is that I captured their “good side.”) : ) Not far from Nazareth is the ancient city of Zippori. I must admit to not seeing very much of this particular site because I was feeling the worst, physically, this day. I think there is a lot more to...
As I mentioned, right by where we petted the kitty, our first stop on Day 8 after the drive back up to Nazareth was the Orthodox Church of the Annunciation. It is not known for sure where the angel appeared to Mary to give her the news that she would be Jesus’...
Today we had a comparatively lighter day. Some travel in the morning as it was time to leave Jerusalem and travel back up north to stay in Nazareth. We had a very nice hotel at the Ramada in Nazareth, best food yet...I loved the little footballs of deliciousness...
This is a newer site, found in the late 1800s I believe. This area was being excavated for something else until ruins were found here. The people that found it and subsequent scholars agree that it is maybe not the tomb of Jesus, but they can’t rule out that it...
We went to a small area of the Israel Museum where the Dead Sea Scrolls are kept on display. Well, some of them. I am sorry to say that we were not allowed to take pictures of any of the scrolls that we saw because camera flashes degrade the parchment, so we weren’t...