Galilee, Israel Travel Blogs

Day 13: Korazim,Nof Ginossar,Hammat Gader,Hula
May 28, 2008 (5 photos)

... and note that some day we may find out.  Our next stop is Kibbutz Nof Ginosar and the display of the ancient Galilee boat dating back 2014 years!  It is housed in a beautiful modern building next to the Sea of Galilee.  The short movie ...

Tiberias and the North (Golan Heights)
Jan 16, 2008 (11 photos)

Finally, some good exercise!  We wake up bright and early for a morning hike in the Golan Heights, a disputed territory that Israel captured from Syria in the Yom Kippur war.  Yael, our guide, has us play a fun game as we trek down the mountain. ...

Day 10: Eastern Galilee and Golan
May 25, 2008 (7 photos)

Before departing for Israel, I had read guidebooks and scoured the web for sites to see.  In the Galilee, the number of interesting historical and religious sites as well as nature preserves and national parks is overwhelming.  We could easily ...

Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus
Apr 1, 2008 (25 photos)

... , were evergreen oak and Lebanon cedar, both of which would have grown in the Mediterranean climate surrounding the Sea of Galilee.  Today these species are rare; natural climax forests where these trees are found are uncommon, replaced by fields, ...

Nazareth
Mar 28, 2008

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Escping Yom Kipur
Sep 25, 2007 (23 photos)

... home with their families fasting and praying on that day. Non religious Israelis stay home, watch video and stuff themselves. No such thing in Natzaret, an 80% Muslim town in the North of Israel, where Jesus Christ have spend his childhood, the bible says.

Nazareth
Dec 16, 1975 (13 photos)

I made a short stop in Nazareth on the way to Galilee. It's a small city situated along the side of a hill. As soon as I got out of the bus, I started looking for the cliffs from which the townspeople tried to throw Jesus. The main sight in Nazareth ...

Day 11: Tzfat
May 26, 2008 (6 photos)

... who are playing and at the same time raising some money.    That will be for our next trip to Israel! Monday's intention is "Keep Perspective.  All things are transient.  (Subtitle:  This too will pass).  Today there ...

Sea of Galilee
Feb 15, 1976 (29 photos)

... . I was a little shocked at first. I just stood there staring at the sites. I do understand why Jesus moved to Galilee. The landscape is beautiful. Much more colorful than the Dead Sea and the Judean desert. My father brought home a canteen that ...

Day 9: Drive from Western Galilee to Vered Hagalil
May 24, 2008 (2 photos)

... sit at the picnic table outside our zimmer, and review the road map and possible stops along the drive east from our western Galilee location to Vered Hagalil, our lodging for the next five nights.  We decide on the northern route, Route 89, so that ...

Day12:Tel Hazor, Tel Dan, Tel Hai, Metulla
May 27, 2008 (6 photos)

... and we comment that we haven't heard the sound of water here in Israel.  The wind has been with us every day in the Galilee, so now we have both together.     There are a few alternatives for walking the site.  They have short, ...

Miracles in Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee
Sep 17, 2007 (20 photos)

... to the Church of Annunciation (St. Gabriel) located in the downtown Nazareth, and afterwards take a drive to the Sea of Galilee. Downtown Nazareth is one of those places that one has to experience themselves.  We believe that it is a miracle that ...

The Jesus Trail
Jul 7, 2008 (10 photos)

I thought it was a bad situation when we were dropped off at an unspecified location in Nazareth without a map as it was getting dark.  But when we stumbled into the Sisters of Nazareth Convent and the lady cheerfully informed us that they were ...

Israel Encore
Feb 1, 2005

... fully recommend making time to go there. I saw Mike off on his return journey to NZ and headed north to see the Galilee. It was great travelling with Mike, having someone to talk strategy, politics and social values with. First, I tried to get ...

2005 год
Jan 15, 2005 (28 photos)

2005 год...

Walking Where Jesus Walked and Shooting Uzi's
Mar 29, 2008 (48 photos)

... 's sites include the Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha, Capernaum, the Primacy of Peter, Gadara, a boat ride across the sea of Galilee, a museum tour with an original fishing boat from the time of Christ, and baptisms in the Jordan River.  About half of the ...

Hamat Gader
Aug 20, 2005 (56 photos)

Отдых в Хамат Гадере...

Schlussetappe
Jul 5, 2009

Heute war mein letzter Tag im Fauzi. Wieder einmal unfassbar, wie die Zeit vergeht! Heute vor genau sechs Wochen bin ich hier angekommen und hab von da an die vielleicht beste Zeit meiner Reise gehabt, auf jeden Fall den besten Job. Zum Abschluss habe ich ...

hangıng where jesus hung...
Dec 10, 2006

more relıgıous sıte seeıng to be fılld ın soon also saw the wall!!!! cant beleıve how close ı was to west bank

Eine Hochzeit und kein Todesfall (puh!)
Jul 1, 2009

Einige Personen in meinem Umfeld hier waren geschockt, als ich offenbart habe, dass ich noch nie auf einer Hochzeit war. Was daran so schlimm sein soll, weiss ich nicht, jedenfalls hat sich das letzten Sonntag geaendaert, denn eine Freundin von meiner ...

PALACIO DOMAIN Luxurious Boutique Hotel
May 17, 2009 (3 photos)

... Manor to celebrate romantic and special events among the warm atmosphere, comforts and privacy of a unique and elegantly designed Manoir filled with luxurious palatial furnishings. Rehov Yod Alef 57 - Artist Colony, Safed, Israel, 011-972-4-6999-850

4-years Birthday Party
Jun 26, 2005 (27 photos)

Артурчику и Мартюше 4 года!

greatday from being lost in Tzfat to video memoirs
May 26, 2006 (52 photos)

Just photos for now...

mayanot madness
May 23, 2006 (53 photos)

What a fuckin nightmare of a day! Starting with the mayanot deathmarch up the mountain at massada, where i was so excited about our free t-shirt and caps i didn't go to the loo and had to sprint to it with no sleep right before the march... oh the pain of ...

Rollentausch
Jun 17, 2009 (5 photos)

Nein, der Titel bezieht sich nicht auf die billige und natuerlich aus den USA stammende Reality-Sendung auf Deutschlands Gehirnamputations-Sender Nr. 1 RTL2, sondern auf meinen schleichend fortschreitenden "Seitenwechsel" in der Tourismusbranche vom ...

Sea of Galilee and surrounding area
Oct 22, 2005 (4 photos)

... to know if it's actually a boat Jesus rode it, but it's from that time period, so that makes it cool. Israel gets 20% of its water from the Sea of Galilee (which is 700 ft below sea level by the way), so we saw one of the plants that pumps the water. ...

The Silent Partner Speaks
Jun 25, 2009

I think it's about time that the Silent Partner speaks (or writes). David has done such a superb job of chronicling our activities that there is little to add. That leaves me to only record my reflections. My husband has aptly named this- "The Trip of a ...

Tiberias
Dec 6, 2007 (2 photos)

... to get a jump start on the north and rent them for the sunny afternoon. It was 1 pm, and we wanted to bike around the Sea of Galilee. The guy said it would take 6 hours, we figured 4 (the sun sets at 5) and set off. It ended up taking just less than 4 ...

Yom Azmaut picnic
May 13, 2005 (15 photos)

Пикник по случаю Дня Независимости Израи&# ...

Purim 2005
Mar 23, 2005 (28 photos)

Пурим 2005 года...