And so began . . . our trip to Israel!
I had the once in a lifetime opportunity of touring Israel with my boyfriend and his family! It was a wonderful experience. Currently I am still getting over the dreadful jet lag! [wide awake at 5:00am, and drop-dead tired half-way through the day!]. My time in Israel was amazing. It was incredible to walk the streets that Jesus walked, and see the places where he talked, and spoke to the multitudes, and performed many miracles. I loved it! Many people have asked to see pictures, so here they are:
Tired after driving through the night to Chicago!
Airport Layover
-- Brussels, Belgium --
Enjoying the Brussels sunshine :-}
Flying over the Swiss Alps!
London, England.
Airplane food :-}
. . . and at 12am we arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel! Half-way into our third night of little-to-no sleep, we were all pretty exhausted!
Chilling on the rooftop.
The moon rises our first night in Israel.
I slept not a wink that night . . . jet lag?? ;-)
So I was up at 5 a.m. to see the rising sun over the Mediterranean Sea!
Tel Aviv.
Swimming in the Mediterranaen Sea.
Falafels -- Israeli food! -- after a swim in the Mediterranean.
An outdoor supper.
An early morning breakfast before our first day of tour.
Sun-burned much? Ouch! It was painful.
Bus-life :-}
Touring the Old City -- Joppa (Jaffa)
Tel Aviv seen through the trees.
The ruins of Caesarea.
An amphitheater.
Lunch break :-}
The ruins of Megiddo
There is 25 layers of settlement built on top of each other . . .
A tunnel [shaft] under Megiddo
The Jordan River
A baptism in the Jordan River.
Group picture near the Jordan.
The Church of Multiplication.
On the Mount of Beattitudes.
The ruins of Capernaum
A fish dinner from the Sea of Galilee.
A boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
On the Golan Heights -- with Syria in our background!
Nazereth.
Cana.
The ruins of Beit Shean.
[such skinny cats over there!]
An amphitheater in Beit Shean.
Singing in the amphitheater.
Cameal rides.
The ruins of Masada.
We went up and down by cable car.
Our "lovely" hats because the sun was so hot up on the mountain.
The Dead Sea!
Jerusalem.
The Garden of Gethsemane.
Sometimes you just gotta be crazy!
The Old City.
The Western (Wailing) Wall.
Posing with the Israeli police ;-}
The Dome of the Rock.
We just went through . . . Hezekiah's Tunnel!
Bethlehem.
One last date -- in Jerusalem :-}
And we wait early morning for our 36 hour trip home!
Goodbye, Israel.
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