Tiberius

... a beach day there. Woot! Then we get started on the tour that nearly all Christians want to make one day - Bethleham, Jerusalem, Tiberius, Galillee, Dead Sea, etc. After that we head to Cairo to do all things Egyptian! :) We return home on Monday, May ...

Wow, what at day this has been! Woke up early (6:00 am). I knew sunrise was at 6:18 am, so I quietly (trying not to wake the girls) threw some clothes on and went out on the deck. What a beautiful sunrise coming over the Sea of Gallilee and the ...

... the courage? This Grandma from Tennessee, USA. Yes! I spy a lovely puddle of water just waiting for me!. Further notes from Tiberius I took a little walk when the rain let up, going down to the Promenade, and yes, I did my Gene Kelley thing. ...

After over-sleeping the check-out time with an additional two hours we decided to have a look around in Tiberius. The most interesting sights were the orthodox Jews praying at the three tombes of great rabbi's from the past. The prayers always seem very ...

... a whole bunch of food with us and stayed in a Kibbutz made into a Hostel/Hotel which was situated right on lake Tiberius. The views were amazing. The weather was stiflingly hot. We had an excellent Friday night dinner and just hung around beachside on ...

... my "fabulous" hearing I don't think that I could have heard anything he would have said. Gorgeous though. :) Finally, we went to Tiberius. This city is a modern day city that is more like a resort town for people in Israel. It is very beautiful, but ...

... . The city was used as a rock quarry. Here a marble stone was found with an inscription saying it was from the temple to Tiberius by Pontius Pilate. This is the only non-Biblical proof of him that we have. We also saw Herod' palace that would have ...

... got back from the Sea of Galilee, and that was probably one of the coolest experiences of my life. We went to Caesaria Phillipi, Tiberius, Capernaum, the Mt. of Beattitudes and Tel-Dan. So many places to see, but thats not really what was so cool. At ...

... as Caesarea Philippi, or the place where Jesus asked hi disciples, "Who so you say that I am?"  On our way back towards Tiberius, we visited Capernaum, home to Peter and site of much of Jesus' ministry.  The floor of the synagogue dating to His ...

... on Mount Carmel, Cana, Nazareth and onto the Ein Gev Kibbutz resort on the east side of the Sea of Galilee (or Lake Tiberius or Lake Ganesareth, take your pick.) Megido looked an amazing site with a lot of on-going excavations by ...