Mediterranean Sea in Netanya
King Solomon Hotel we stayed at in Netanya
Caesarea Martima
Caesarea Martima and the Mediterranean Sea
Caesarea Martima - Worship space for a Greek God
Mediterranean Sea
Aquaducts near Caesarea Martima
Megiddo - what a manager would of looked like when Jesus was born
Megiddo
Mount Tabor - Identified as site of the Transfiguration
Mount Tabor
Roses at Mount Tabor
Chicken and Dr. Carlson at Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor -view from a distance
Sea of Galilee
My roomate Bonnie and I in front of our room at the Kibbutz Ma'agan on the banks of the Sea of Galilee
Banks of the Sea of Galilee
Banks of the Sea of Galilee too!
The hotel at Kibbutz Ma'agan on the Sea of Galilee
Where the "Jesus Boat" is kept
The "Jesus Boat" - a boat found in the mud which dates back to the time of Jesus
Model of the "Jesus Boat" - a boat found in the mud which dates back to the time of Jesus
Joel and I looking at my stigma that I got in Caesarea Maritima (that sounds alot better then I fell flat on my face and scarred up my hand doesn't it??)
Capernaum
Capernaum - the church above Peter's house
Capernaum - Peter's house
Capernaum flowers
Capernaum - inside of the church
Capernaum - synagogue
Capernaum - in synagogue and our guide Steve talking
Me at the Mount of Beatitudes
Mount of Beatitudes
Mount Herman
Hatzor
Tel Dan
Tel Dan - The Judgement Seat for the Judge and his counterparts just inside of the walled city
Tel Dan - a VERY old stone
The chicken being sacrficed at Tel Dan
Tel Dan - Where Jeroboam, son of Nebat, set up a golden calf to be worshipped
Tel Dan - the chicken "the new golden calf"
View of the setting sun
Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee on the Jesus Boat - modeled after the one discovered from the time of Jesus
Sepphoris
Sepphoris - a lighthouse!!
Beit She'arim - meeting place of the Sanhedrin and home of Rabbi Yehuda HaNassi who compiled the Mishnah
Israel's Mc Donald's
Israel's Mc Donald's - There is a kosher and a non-kosher side...who knew?
Nazareth - Where Jesus grew up
Nazareth
Nazareth - The well where Mary found out that she would bear Jesus
Arbel Cliff overlooking the Sea of Galilee
Arbel Cliff overlooking Sea of Galilee
Arbel Cliff overlooking Sea of Galilee - my favorite flower
Tel Beit Shean - a city of the Decapolis during Jesus' time
Tel Beit Shean
Tel Beit Shean - the roman toilets
Egyptian ruins found at Tel Beit Shean
JORDAN - where we stopped to eat
Jerash, Jordan
Jerash, Jordan - some of the "cousins" of our guide - they are wearing the WWII garb of Jordan
Jerash, Jordan - our guide Nag (said Nausg)
Jerash, Jordan - Roman ruins everywhere
Jerash, Jordan - the biggest roman bird bath that the chicken found
Lutheran church in Amman, Jordan
Lutheran church in Amman, Jordan - we had a worship service here
Lutheran church in Amman, Jordan - worship book
Lutheran church in Amman, Jordan - Hymnal
Lutheran church in Amman, Jordan and the chicken
Jordan River - Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan - Where it is believed John the Baptist preached and baptized Jesus
Jordan River seats
Jordan River - Where Jesus was baptized
Flag of Jordan
Jordan River
Jordan River - (were you not sure?)
Jordan River and me
Mount Nebo - where Moses saw the promise land from
Mount Nebo and me
The promise land from Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo (we are still in Jordan)
Mosaic Work Shop to provide work for disabled people in Jordan
Where we ate a meal
Mosiac Workshop
Madaba - with famous mosaic floor from the 6th century showing a map of the Holy Land as Christian pilgrims knew it
Madaba
Sun setting in Jordan
Rugs in Jordan
Me and Sun setting in Jordan
Hotel in Wadi Moussa, Jordan near Petra
Petra
Petra - The past and current king of Jordan
Petra Treasury - rediscovered in 1812 and carved by the Nabateans
Petra and camels (I rode one!!!)
Petra and the chicken talking to the camel
Petra - the camel about to eat the chicken
Petra - Foods we ate while in Jordan
Petra - the group sitting down for lunch (there were 44 of us!)
Petra - tomb for a dog??
me and a shop owner who I bought way to much stuff from
The Red Sea at sunrise
The Dead Sea
Masada - Herod's mountian bunker and the last stronghold of the Jewish revolt against Rome
Masada
Masada and me
The Dead Sea - The lowest point of land in the world
Qumran - Where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found
Qumran
the chicken (mascot of the sr class) posing with the duck (mascot of the middler class)
Qumran - Cave #4 where the majority of Dead Sea Scrolls were found
Qumran - me and the cave
The Duck dressed to handle the heat
Jericho - The tree that Zeccheaus climbed
Jericho
Jericho wall
Love Nuts from Jericho
Hotel in Jerusalem
Dung Gate in Jerusalem
Western Wall in Jerusalem
Western Wall info in Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Western Wall in Jerusalem - men have to cover their head when going to the wall and vistors are given this
Western Wall Tunnel
