Tour Life (Day 2)
I tricked you…I’m going to slip in a quick post about some other things before Tabgha. We had a box lunch planned from EO today. Let me tell you, do they feed us. I could have literally had three meals…
The Sea of Galilee, Boat Ride (Day 2)
Another very emotional stop for me…you can’t believe what I’m about to show you. Still in awe myself, and I saw it live and in person. Our last stop before lunch was a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.…
Chorazin (Day 2)
Next up was the ruins of the town of Chorazin. There are different spellings, but this was the spelling in my bible. This site was particularly neat because we were allowed to roam around in the excavated ruins, and there…
Mount of Beatitudes (Day 2)
Well, I have to admit, I got really emotional on a couple of the stops today, and this was one of them. Our first stop of day 2 was the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus preached His sermon about who…
The Church of the Annunciation and St Joseph’s Church
Last stop before the hotel today was the Church of the Annunciation and St Joseph’s Church in old-city Nazareth. This would have been Jesus’ home town area. The Church of the Annunciation is in honor of where Mary lived at…
Mount Precipice
After lunch we went to Mt Precipice. The corresponding Bible reading is Luke 14, when they wanted to throw Jesus down and kill Him. Let me tell you, the average Joe would not survive being thrown over the side of…
Tel Megiddo
Still before lunch today, we went to Tel Megiddo. Tel means like “mountain”. It’s the foundations of 25 cities all built on top of one another, so it’s up a ways now, like a mountain. The oldest part of the…
Aquaduct Stop!
We did a very very short stop to see the remnants of the aquaduct system used to get fresh water to Caesarea. Water traveled 5 miles from Mt Carmel to provide water to the city. It was a short stop,…
Caesarea (Maritime)
Our first stop today after leaving Netanya was Caesarea to the north. Caesarea was built up just before the time of Jesus around 22BC. It was built as a port city by Herod the Great. This is the Herod that…
Tour Life
Well, we made it through our first full day of touring. I thought I would share a few non-tourist-destination type things. For example, the food. I’ve eaten more than a few things I don’t recognize, and a few things I…