My dad came to visit! We did so much in 6 days, both he and I were exhausted at the end of it. We toured Jerusalem, drove up north to the Galilee and spent two days there, spent a morning at Masada by the Dead Sea, and half a day in Bethlehem.
Highlights of the trip:
Eating Shabbat dinner with the Kovalskis in a sukkah
Hiking up the mountain to Masada and eating McDonalds soft serve ice cream afterwards
Swimming at night in the Sea of Galilee in a "no swim" zone
Capernaum and seeing ruins of the actual synagogue where Jesus often taught and performed miracles
Mount of Beatitudes, such a beautiful place overlooking the Sea of Galilee where Jesus taught
View of Jezreel Valley
Sea of Galilee from Tiberias
Synagogue in Capernaum
Garden Tomb
art of Banksy in Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
Louai, our Bethlehem taxi driver
view of the city from the Jerusalem Center
View from the top of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the Old City
David's Citadel
Cats everywhere!
Our tour guide Paul and the group on the Mount of Olives at the Jewish cemetery
Garden of Gethsemane
Example of the many candle holders in churches
Orson Hyde memorial park where Jerusalem was dedicated for missionary work
in the Old City
Inside the church of the Holy Sepulcher, waiting in line to enter the alleged place of the tomb of Jesus
Ceasarea, Roman ruins by the ocean
At Megiddo, a Canaanite altar
going down in the water tunnel in Megiddo
Example of Canaanite worship and sacrifice in their "high places"
Church at Mt Tabor, the Mount of Transfiguration
View from Mt Tabor
Capernaum
Sea of Galilee
Mount of Beatitudes church
Jordan River
little fish of the Jordan River
Old City walls
walls from the time of Christ (Herod built them)
stones from the wall thrown down by the Romans in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD
excavated steps in the time of Christ leading up to the temple
snake path we hiked going up the side of the mountain to Masada
View of the Dead Sea from Masada
Aaron and dad
Cistern (water storage big hole in the ground) at Masada
Masada
Roman seige ramp, Masada
Olive Wood carvings
Inside Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
