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Sunday - June 12, 2011
    JFK layover
Monday - June 13, 2011
    Arriving to Tel Aviv, view of the Mediterranean Sea
Tuesday - June 14, 2011
    Caesarea by the sea, Mount Caramel, Jezreel Valley, Megiddo, Mt Tabor, Nazareth, Cana, Kfar Kedem, Tzippori
Wednesday - June 15, 2011
    Capernaum, boat ride on Sea of Galilee, Tiberias, Cliff of Arbel, Ginosar Jesus boat, Church of Multiplication, Mount of Beatitudes, Jordan River baptism, Decapolis city of Hippos, cliff where demon possessed swine drowned, lunar eclipse
Thursday - June 16, 2011
    Horns of Hittim, tree planting, Mt Meron, Tel Hazor, Golan Heights, Tel Dan (Laish), Temple of Jeroboam, Caesarea Philippi (Canaanite city of Pan), Crater Lake, Mt Herman, Mt Bental, Syrian border
Friday - June 17, 2011
    Decapolis city Bethse'an (Sychtopolis), mountains of Gilboa, Tel of Jezreel, Spring of Harod, Jericho, Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls), Mt Nebo, Mt Scopus in Jerusalem
Saturday - June 18, 2011
    Bethlehem (Church of the Nativity), Mt of Olives, Valley of Gehenna, the Kidron Valley, the Garden of Gethsemane
Sunday - June 19, 2011
    Masada, the Dead Sea, King of Kings Church
Monday - June 20, 2011
    The Temple Mount, the Temple Institute, the Jewish Quarter, Mt Zion (the Upper Room and David's tomb), Yad Vashem (the Holocaust museum)
Tuesday - June 21, 2011
    Jaffa Gate, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Via Dolorosa, Antonio Fortress, the Garden Tomb, Pool of Bethesda, Lion's Gate, Temple Mount excavation, Israel museum, Ben Gurion airport

Sunday - June 12, 2011 - JFK layover

JFK layover

My husband Dave and I killing time during our 11 hour layover in JFK waiting to go to TLV:

Monday - June 13, 2011 - Arriving to Tel Aviv

We arrived in Tel Aviv and stayed at the Dan Panoramo Hotel next to the Mediterranean:

Mediterranean

Here is the view from the hotel:

Mediterranean
Mediterranean

Here is the tour staff, from left to right: Josef Condiotti (tour leader), Carolyn McCall (prayer liaison), Dr Tom McCall (tour pastor):

leader pic

Tuesday - June 14, 2011 - Tiberius

Caesarea

Tour Guide - Ilan - Selected as "Tour Guide of the Year" in 2004 by the Israeli Minister of Tourism; an honor given to less than 1% of guides in Israel:

leader pic

Theater built by Herod the Great:

Caesarea Theater
Caesarea Theater

Ruins of ancient Caesarea by the sea:

Caesarea
Caesarea

Remains of the port built by Herod the Great:

Caesarea port

Remains of a Hippodrome; a chariot race track:

Caesarea

Mosaic ornamental pool built by Herod the Great:

Caesarea

Caesarea by the Sea Scripture reading: Acts 10:23-48

Description of Caesarea from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Mt Carmel

Monastery on top of Mt Carmel:

Carmel

View from Mt Carmel of Jezreel Valley:

Carmel

Round mountain to left is Tabor (aka Har Tavor). Nazareth is in front of Mt Tabor. Mt Moreh is the mountain to the right:

Carmel

Kishon Spring (middle of picture above road):

Kishon Spring

Ancient tomb on the roadside on the way between Mt Carmel and Megiddo:

Tomb on road to Megiddo

Description of Carmel from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Megiddo - Armageddon

Model of the excavation of the city of Megiddo:

Megiddo

Ancient ruins of Megiddo from the period of King Solomon:

Megiddo

Ancient Canaanite Temple excavated below Megiddo:

Megiddo

Water Tunnel beneath Megiddo:

Megiddo
Megiddo

View of Valley of Megiddo to the southwest:

Megiddo

View of the Valley of Megiddo to the west - Round mountain to left is Tabor (aka Har Tavor). Nazareth is in front of Mt Tabor. Mt Moreh is the mountain to the right:

Megiddo

Megiddo Scripture reading: Judges 5:1-5, 5:19-22, 5:31; Zechariah 12:11; Revelation 16:16

Description of Megiddo from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Description of Armageddon from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

On our way to the Sea of Galilee

Closer view of Mt Tabor:

Mt Tabor

City of Nazareth:

Nazareth

City of Cana:

Cana

Note - Sorry for the poor quality pictures taken from the bus. We drove by Nazareth and Cana, but did not stop.

A Galilean Hospitality in a village near Cana called Hoshaya

A presentation of the life of an ancient Jewish farmer, led by "Israel." (Yes that is his name). Our tour leader Ilan is standing to the right:

Galilee

We all dressed up like the ancient farmers might have back then:

Galilee

An olive tree:

Olive tree

A succoth with grape vines bearing new grapes on top:

Succoth

Israel showing us how the farmers would plow:

plowing

Israel showing us how the farmers would sickle the grain at harvest:

Harvest

Israel showing us how the farmers would winnow the grain after crushing it:

Harvest

Israel showing us how the farmers would grind the wheat into flour:

Harvest

Making dough from the flour with a little water, salt and olive oil, they baked the bread on the fire and served it with hyssop and olive oil. Yum!

Harvest

We were also served fresh olives, dates, and pita bread with humus:

harvest

Donkey Ride:

Mary and Joseph

Description of Kfar Kedem

City of Tzippori, where it is believed that Jesus might have help build and where He was educated. Nazareth is a suburb of this bigger city. The ruins shown are believed to be from the Crusade period. The area is under excavation now:

Tzippori

View of the Sea of Galilee at sunset from our hotel:

Galilee sunset

Wednesday - June 15, 2011 - Tiberias

Capernaum

Entrance to Capernaum - "The city of Jesus":

Capernaum

Traditional site of the house of Simon Peter:

Simon Peter's house

Extended family houses with 10 rooms:

Extended family house

Wheat grinder:

Wheat grinder

Traditional site of synagogue at Capernaum that Jesus taught in and close to the traditional site of the house of Simon Peter:

Ancient synagogue in Capernaum

Olive press near the synagogue:

Olive press

Capernaum Scripture reading: Matthew 11:23; Mark 1:21-31, 2:1-12; John 6:30-33

Description of Capernaum from ChristianAnswers.Net
Description of Capernaum from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Sea of Galilee

Praise and worship on the Sea of Galilee by music artist Daniel Carmel:

Boat on Galilee
Praise and worship on Galilee

Daniel casting a net into Galilee:

Casting net

View from boat in the Sea of Galilee:

Sea of Galilee

Tiberius - the city on the hill which cannot be hidden (Matthew 5:14):

Tiberius

The cliff of Arbel - next to the road leading to Nazareth:

Cliff of Arbel

Sea of Galilee Scripture reading:
Numbers 34:10-12; Matthew 8:23-27, 4:18-23; Mark 3:7-9, 6:45-56; Luke 5:1-11; John 6:16-24

Description of Sea of Galilee from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Ginosar - Jesus' Boat:

Jesus boat

Pottery and nails found in excavation of Jesus boat that verified the date of the boat to be in the 1st century:

Jesus boat

Description of from www.jesusboatmuseum.com

Lunch at the restaurant near Ginosar, which serves fresh Tilapia from Galilee. It might have been looking back at us, but it tasted great!

Tilapia from Galilee

Traditional site where Jesus fed the 5000 with five loaves and two fish

Church build around rock where it is thought Jesus broke the bread on:

5 loaves 2 fish
5 loaves 2 fish
5 loaves 2 fish

Mount of Beatitudes

Church built over the traditional site of the Sermon on the Mount:

Beatitudes
Sermon on the mount

View of the Sea of Galilee from the Mountain of Beatitudes. The natural amphitheater shape of the area give evidence that this was indeed the site that Jesus gave the famous "Beatitudes" speech:

Beatitudes

Mount of Beatitudes Scripture reading: Matthew 5:1-12

Description of Beatitudes from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Jordan River - Baptism

Jordan Baptism
Jordan Baptism

Jordan River Scripture reading: Numbers 33:50-53; Matthew 3:1-17; Mark 1:1-12; Luke 3:1-22

Description of Jordan from ChristianAnswers.Net

One of the cities of the Decapolis, Hippos overlooking the Sea of Galilee:

City of Decapolis


Decapolis
Image from Wikipedia

Only cliff of the side of Galilee that goes straight down into the water, believed to be the site where the legion of demons were cast out by Jesus into the pigs that drowned in the sea:

Legion pigs drowned

Cemetery next to cliff where it is thought the demon possessed man that was healed lived:

Demon possessed man cemetery

The "Thorn tree"; used to make crown of thorns at Jesus death:

Demon possessed man cemetery

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse in Israel

Description of June 15, 2011 lunar eclipse from Wikipedia

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