Scots Tiberias

<br>We were off this morning to Kibbutz Ginosar to view the "Jesus Boat" and then make our way to Haifa by way of Nazareth and Megiddo. As we entered the modern shrine to the &#8220;Jesus boat&#8221;, which incidentally is certainly not referred to as the &#8220;Jesus Boat&#8221; at a Jewish Kibbutz. We paid for our tickets and were introduced to our personal guide, Liacham. Liacham was a very kind and ancient man who gave us a very ...

... to reach Tel Dan National Park. Here we did not know what to expect. It was now extremely hot, but we grabbed our water bottles and trudged bravely on. What we found was spectacular. A forest full of cascading streams and brooks, some just emerging from springs under the ground. The forest were full of interesting plants and lots of birds, some reptiles (no snakes), and we even saw and took a great picture of ...

... of heights, but had talked herself into climbing the cliff to get to the ledge, and at that point, had psyched herself out so bad she was crying and couldn't bring herself to climb down or to jump off. I had already done one jump and was just hanging out, I wanted to go again, and seeing this fellow American in need, inspired me to go then. Since I went, there hadn't been any other females go up there. I climbed the rocks and got to the jump off point. I ...

Normalerweise schreibe ich ja immer ueber zwei Dinge: Entweder was ich gerade mache, oder etwas Allgemeines zum Land. Das Problem hier ist, dass ich weder etwas Neues zu meinen Aktivitaeten schreiben kann, da sich ein Tag dem anderen gleicht (im positiven Sinne), noch kann ich viel zu Israel sagen, da Nazaret sehr untypisch fuer das Land ist und ich ausser dem, was die meisten wissen, noch nicht viel gesehen habe. Deshalb druecke ich mich schon seit ein paar Tagen ...

... direkt am Toten Meer, also unterhalb des Meeresspiegels, und ruehmt sich, das "niedrigste Naturreservat der Welt" zu sein. Es wird staendig von allen Seiten als "Muss" in Jordanien gelobt, jedoch kommt man da ohne Taxi oder Leihwagen nicht hin. Deshalb hatte ich es auch von Anfang an abgeschrieben, doch an meinem letzten Tag im Lande sollte ich nun doch hinkommen. Zu neunt - fuenf Italiener, zwei aus der italienischen Schweiz, ein Amerikaner und ich - entschieden ...

... the guy's family would be going to bed by this time, but when we got there, we were met by uncles, aunts, cousins, etc. Apparently, they'd been going to bed around 4-5 am recently (or maybe always). Basically, they fed us like fat kids who hadn't seen food in weeks--the homemade hummus was really good. Also, in the living room, they started playing Jordanian music and dancing right there. It was pretty neat to have that type of experience on our first night in ...

... harder than getting in as the checks were much more intrusive. we eventually got back to Jerusalem from where we embarked to Tel Aviv - navigating the public transport system with skill and confidence, and absolutely no clue where to get off. upon arrival we found ourselves a Hostel called the Mugraby and plonked ourselves down for some (we felt well deserved) rest. So the morning of the 25th dawned bright and sunny in Tel Aviv which turned out to be a lovely ...

... Morris stuck to eating hummus with pita, but Sarah ate the meat, thinking it was chicken, &amp; who are we to correct her? Joy ate nicely as well. Amir again played so nicely with the kids. Joy walked over to him at some point &amp; gave him a kiss on his arm. How cute is she? Morris also enjoyed having 3-4 dogs there today. We finally left at dark and went back home. All the kids fell asleep in the car ride home, so I hoped they'd actually sleep at a decent hour ...

... Jewish cemeteries on the slopes of the mount (Jews who know the scriptures, know the Messiah will descend there and that the dead will be raised - some want to be first in line...). We walked down the slope to the area of the church of Dominus Flevit, not to visit the church, but to see the "bone boxes" that are displayed. In the burial customs of the first century, bodies were placed in tombs to decompose for several months or a year, then the tombs were ...

... at the school, we walked through the streets a little bit &amp; had lunch at Samir's, which is famous for their hummus &amp; falafel. Lunch was very good &amp; very cheap. After lunch, we walked around the Ramla shuk before heading back home in time for Shabbat. May 4 Evette &amp; I went to Tel Aviv. We were walking along ...