Golden Crown Nazareth

We gaan naar Bethlehem, waar Jezus is geboren,<br>en naar Nazareth waar hij lang heeft geleef!<br>We vieren feest in Cana, en gaan ook naar Bethsaida...<br><br>zo gaat Nona's christenkamp liedje.. en wij deden het eer aan hoor! In Jerusalem hadden we gehoord over een "Jesus Trail", een makkelijke hiking route vlakbij Nazareth, georganiseerd door een hostel. En omdat een weekendje in het Noorden, ondanks een hele lieve couchsurfhost, niet mogelijk was vanwege stakend openbaar ...

I arived in Nazareth in the hottest part of the day. Idit lives in Nazareth Illit, 2 km up the hill from Nazareth (it is the Jewish area, Nazareth propper is Muslim). So I 1st had an amazing falafel sandwich and then took the long and tiring walk up the hill. I had no Idea where I was going or what would be at the top when I got there but these things have a habit of working out.I walked and found a very plush hotel, I walked into the glorious airconditioning and got directions so I knew where ...

... We tried to talk to the Volunteer Coordinator there, because we had heard that there might be an opening to work with the babies. She pretty much screamed at us, saying that there's so many people on the wait list and that we can't just walk in here and expect to get a placement, etc. etc. Then Boaz did some sweet-talking in Hebrew about the kibbutz he used to be at which apparently softened her up. She took my number and said she couldn't promise anything, but she ...

... fuehrt und das Aushaengeschild des Fauzis ist. Dabei wurden Chris und ich von unserer Jesus-Trail-Volontaerin Linda gefuehrt und haben dabei den vielleicht kuehlsten Tag des Monats erwischt: schoen wolkig und zu keinem Zeitpunkt mehr als 26 Grad. Klasse! Zur Zeit schmelzen wir nur so um die Mittagszeit, 35 Grad und mehr... Wie ich dabei in den naechsten zweieinhalb Wochen noch was Konstruktives anstellen soll ...

... die Strasse hochtragen...), jedoch scheint es jeden Abend ein kleines Event zu geben, zu dem man ja auch was trinken muss. Heute fanden gleich zwei statt, naemlich Chris' Fajitas als Mega-Mittagessen und Gabis abendliche Grillsitzung bei viel zu viel Fleisch. Im entsprechenden Zustand schreibe ich auch g**ade diese Zeilen und v**abschiede mich an dies** Stelle.<br><br>Bis Sonntag,<br>Brisko<br>

... T-Shirt und wenn man zuviel davon ins Auge bekommt, wird man blind. Auch das Schlucken ist keinesfalls zu empfehlen, jedenfalls habe ich mir in einem Moment mal die Lippen abgeleckt und mir somit fuer den Rest des Nachmittages die Zunge verbrannt. Fuer Jedermann nachvollziehbar ist auch die obligatorische ausfuehrliche Dusche danach, mit viel Seife und so weiter. Leider hat es wegen der Hitze und der Muedigkeit nur zu einem Bad gereicht, aber wenn ...

... handfulls of them. Dinner looked absolutely amazing, but unfortunately I was unable to eat due to my upset somtach. Instead I drank water and left it empty for the time being. We had a womdeful time. I had a wonderful time expecially. and soon we left to borik to meet with Olia and I with Eli. First off I was excited to meet Oliea. I heard good things about her from Shimon and when I finally met her I sad to Borik "she is so pretty!" Together they dropped me off at Pharmsave to ...

... is water all around. Then there was a big tunnel that the movie mentioned that the British dug through the rock for a train to bring supplies through to Europe. I kept thinking what a shame to dig through such a beautiful place! Later, the Israelis found that the Arabs were going to use the tunnel &amp; bridge there as entry to attack Israel, so the Israelis used explosives in a secret mission to destroy it. There were many Muslims visiting this ...

... head back up the Tel to resume work. Some excavators head off quickly to the clean and luxurious bathrooms of the park service, so as to avoid having to use the plastic porta-potties up near the dig grids. Walking up the Tel on a full stomach is a bit more challenging than walking down on an empty one. But after some huffing and puffing, and self-examination we arrive back at our work zones. By 09:30 the work of uncovering the fascinating history of Megiddo has begun again.

... us that we would really have enjoyed the cherry picking at the Golan kibbutz and their barbeque with goat and all the fixings. They didn't head home until 10 PM! We had been hesitant to join them, not being comfortable that the invitation had been genuine; after all, we just casually met them and had joined them for lunch. Could it be that we were really welcome and not being intrusive by joining them for more of their activities? With hindsight ...