Friday 26 April 2013

Israel Trip - Feb 2013, Part 1

Day 1 - enjoying a proper kitchen and the goodies from the market.  Notice the cheese!!!

The doors of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth.  The pictures follow stories from Christs life.

In Galilee - the supposed site of the Sermon on the Mount.

This is all that is left of Capernaum.  I was reading in Luke not long after visiting here.  Luke 10:13-16Seeing the actual place opened that passage up. 

At the Sea of Galilee

The Jordan River

It is a bit blurry, but these are almond trees.  We saw them everywhere when we were driving through Galilee.

Date palms - again, we saw them everywhere when we were driving through the desert areas close to the Dead Sea.

There are a couple of shadows in the forward cliff face to the left of the photo - these are the caves the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in.

Masada.  A really interesting place to visit.  Read up about it.  It was built by Herod the Great.  He was really crazy.