Nancy’s Holy Land Trip 2019-20

Our guide for the hike extension, Eitan, had gone to live on a kibbutz when he turned 15.  The one he went to is on the southern end of the Sea of Galilee, and we happened to drive right by…

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…

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,…