1st two days of travel
September 17, 2024 in Israel ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Left SFO at 9:30am on Monday and arrived in Israel at 2pm the next day. It’s 10 hours ahead of California over here. Here are pictures of my first day of travel, my first glimpses of Israel, aRead more
Day 3, 2nd Post
September 18, 2024 in Israel ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Today was a “free day” to catch up on rest and get settled. A couple of us flew separately from the big group and I’m so glad I did. The group is currently stuck in Germany and hoping to fly inRead more
Day 3; The Beginning
September 18, 2024 in Israel ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
The excitement of being in Israel woke me up!! I felt like doing another post from yesterday. I love my husband for allowing this trip to happen for me.! I’m so lucky. Few things about the photos,Read more
Day 4, part 1
September 19, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We went back to the airport to pick up the group that was stuck in Germany. While there I had more time to observe. I saw a big group of Jewish people singing, dancing, waving flags, and holdingRead more
Day 4, Part 2
September 19, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We went and explored the site of Megiddo. There were several cities over the years that built on this site so it’s a bit of an elevated circle. They’ve done various excavations and have found someRead more
Day 5, Part 1
September 20, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Okay, so here is the update for this day. We started out at Kursi but is better know in the Bible by the story of a guy that was living in a graveyard and was possessed by a legion of demons. JesusRead more
Day 5, Part 2
September 20, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
We went over to Mt. Arbel, I’m sure I was told the importance of this site but I’m going to have to go back and look it up. 😂 It was soooo beautiful here. Dark blue skies made it look like weRead more
Israel Day 6, Part 1
September 21, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
This is the Beatitudes site. Maintained by the Catholic Church. Found in the Bible in Matthew 5
Day 6, Part 2
September 21, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After the site of the sermon on the mount (Beatitudes) we went to the place where the resurrected Jesus reinstated Peter. (Because Peter had denied Jesus). Beautiful pics of the Sea of Galilee whereRead more
Israel Day 6, Part 3
September 21, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
There is a looooot going on at the moment which I’ll explain at a later date but in the meantime here is the last part of day 6. We saw a 2000 year old boat that was brought out of the Sea ofRead more
Israel Day 7, Part 1
September 22, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
This was one of my favorite days. Beth Shan is the name of the city mentioned in 1 Samuel Chapter 31 (vs 12 but read the whole chapter it’s one page) The big dirt mound in the back drop of theseRead more
Israel Day 7, Part 2
September 22, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We left Beth Shan and were supposed to go to Gideon’s Spring (my favorite story in the Bible) but it was closed because they workers are reservists for the IDF and were called in, so we ventured toRead more
Israel Day 7, Part 3
September 22, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Leaving the Jordan River we went on to the Dead Sea. The views were incredible. I have soooo many pictures that I just picked a few. I was shocked how warm the water was. Very much like a warm bath. IRead more
Israel Day 8, Part 1
September 23, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Started out the day with beautiful views around the Dead Sea from my balcony. Then went to Masada a city in a hill. To be honest there was soooo much information at this point it was overload. I guessRead more
Israel Day 8, Part 2
September 23, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The second half of the day we went to Ein Gedi and went through some cliffs and caves where David and his men hid from King Saul. Very cool experience. We ended the day at Qumran which is where theRead more
Israel Day 9, Part 1
September 24, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Woke up in Jerusalem. ❤️ Throat and fatigue were at about a 6 out of 10 on the pain scale. Still powered through because helloooo it’s Israel! 😂 I didn’t get a lot of pictures of food but IRead more
Israel Day 9, Part 2
September 24, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We made it to the outer part of the Temple Mount. Can’t describe how amazing it was to be there. ❤️😍❤️ We then went across the way to the City of David, walked through Hezekiah's tunnels,Read more
Israel Day 10, Part 1
September 25, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Day 10 we made it to the Temple Mount! Tons of photos on this day. We went from the Temple Mount to the different quarters (Jewish Quarter, Christian Quarter, etc.) From there we walked through ViaRead more
Israel Day 10, Part 2
September 25, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
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Israel Day 10, Part 3
September 25, 2024 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
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TravelerThat guys hat is cool
How exciting!! ✡️
TravelerHow awesome! I am so excited for you!