Nancy’s Holy Land Trip 2019-20

Qumran is where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947 by a shepherd boy who was originally from Bethlehem.  Fitting!  The scrolls were scriptures on scrolls that were remarkably close to the translations of Bible we already had, but…

Masada is the location of the Dead Sea fortress built by Herod the Great around the time of Jesus, the first century, when he ruled up until 4 AD.  What slays me is that this entire place was built for…

Happy New Year!  Welcome to a new decade…the roaring ‘20s!  Whoa right?  Today was Day 4 of touring, a slower day tour wise so we could breathe a little, not walk quite so much, (only 7,000+ steps for me today!)…

I forgot to mention re: shopping…in Bethlehem are lots of, shall we say, street vendors?  Let me tell you, these guys are AGGRESSIVE.  I’m glad a friend who has been here before warned me to prepare myself to say no…

We got to stop at a place that manufactures 65% of the Holy Land olive wood sculptures and see their workshop. This dude was doing finishing carving and varnishing.  No mask, and a cigarette burning.  It was a tad unnerving,…

I made that title plural, because we actually saw three springs there.  The first one is the neatest…check this out: Sorry the pic is sideways again.  The back right corner of the cave shape is where the water gushes out,…