Headed home
Our final night in the city. We leave at 5:30 to catch our flight back to the states. This light show has been all over the Old City for the past few nights. Sorry for the bad cell phone photos. :)
Last field day of the trip. Tomorrow, we return to Jerusalem for one final exam, then one more free day and then we’re off to the airport to return home. I can’t wait to see Carol and Sam and allRead more
We had some extra time to sleep in this morning, so I set my alarm for 6:30, thinking I'd get caught up on some sleep. It's 5:45 and I'm wide awake. I hate it when that happens.
Yesterday we spentRead more
Thank you, Paul, for giving a little glimpse of Magda. I'm reading a book on Mary Magdalene that describes a journey that she took from her hometown to Tiberius, and her impressions of this "heathen" city founded by Herod Antipas. Interesting..
You're welcome Donna. We visited an ancient synagogue there in Magda (Magdala) that was being un-earthed just within the past year. (There is SO MUCH archaeology here that they don't have enough people to do it. They have huge sites where they know they have important artifacts, but they remain buried.) We got to watch the archaeologists at work for a while and it was fascinating (although, if truth be told it was a lot like watching Cal Trans workers... lots of standing around talking about what needs to be done :) This synagogue dates back to first century. Of course, the question in everyone's mind is "Could Jesus have taught in this synagogue?" :) Yet again, walking where He walked.
Almost no time this morning except a quick run-down of where we went yesterday. Reflections will have to come later. Hazor, Dan, Caesarea Philippi, Golan Ridge (OT Bashan) and then on to Azeka (IRead more