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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…

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…

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…

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…

(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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…