Galilee

So it turns out I'm not very good at keeping a blog updated. I'm home

and back in the states now but I'll give a quick sum up of the highlights of the last couple weeks in Israel. In November we went to Galilee. It was amazing. We got to see more of where Jesus walked and taught and performed miracles.

we went to Caesarea Maritima where Paul was kept and tried by the Roman Governor

The Roman Theater in Caesarea Maritima

the aquaduct

the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth

the facade of the Church of the Annunciation--the site the Angel Gabriel supposedly came to Mary

the ruins of Mary's house inside the church

En Gev--the hotel run by a kibbutz that we stayed at while we were in Galilee

beautiful sunset

on a boat on the Sea of Galilee

church on the Mt of Beattitudes

Church of the Loaves and Fishes

standing in the Sea of Galilee

synagogue at Capernaum

a mote and beam--Jesus was a stone mason--everything is made of stone in Jerusalem not wood

Gamla--a city set on a hill from Matthew 5:14

synagogue at Gamla--likely place where Jesus taught

fish at the En Gev Fish Restaurant

a sifter at Qazrin

grinding wheat at Qazrin

at Yardenit--baptismal site just south of the Sea of Galilee--possible sight of Jesus' baptism

baptismal ceremony going on at Yardenit

the high place at Tel Dan--where the golden calf was placed
the model of the big altar at Tel Danbig column at Bet She'an
Bet She'an

Mount Tabor--possible sight of the Mt of Transfiguration

Mt Carmel--the two altars

statue of Elijah on Mt Carmel

The Jezreel Valley
altar at Megiddo from 2500 BC
sunset at Akko

el Jazzar Mosque in Akko

Bahai gardens and temple in Haifa
Haifa

sunset at Akko

at Templar's Cemetary