To Paradise and Back

Jeff and I are back from Galilee and the Golan area a bit early. We have changed our plans a bit (A bit more detail at the end about our plan). We rampaged through the Galilee, Golan, and North Coast Israel these past couple days. We visited Mt. Carmel where Elijah had challenged the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:25-40). Then we drove through Nazareth, got lost looking for a place to stay, so we headed eastward to the Sea of Galilee to find a place to lay our heads down. We ended up in Tiberias, a fully commercialised tourist town. We found a nice place to check in and we headed out to the town to look around. We grabbed a bite to eat and rested for our journey onward. The next day we visited Capernum, Mount of Beatitudes, Church of the Loaves and Fish (where Jesus multiplied the fish and bread to feed the 4000 people), and we then, unfortunately, visited Korazin (Matt 11:21-24) and blew a tire on our rental car. We got the spare donut attached and drove out to find the closest Budget rental car place. We eventually found it but it was Shabbat and it was closed. We headed to Acco, explored, and stayed there a night. We got our flat fixed the next morning and continued our trek through Northern Israel. We hit up thge beautiful Tel Dan, Banyas, and Nimrod Fortress. After a nice bake in the sun from visiting these places we headed back down to the Sea of Galilee to stay in Tiberias again. This morning we slept in a bit and headed out to Beit She'an (which was amazing), then Tel Megiddo (where in Revelation Armageddon, the last battle is suppose to happen.), and to Caesarea. We arrived back at Ayelet's place shortly afterwards to prepare for our next adventure. Kids Camp! We are going to volunteer to work at the camp Ayelet is currently working at right now. Below is a picture of Jeff and I by the Mediterranean sea at Caesarea.