The Sea of Galilee

Trip Start May 13, 2006

Trip End Jun 13, 2006

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Flag of Israel Ein Gev, Israel
Sunday, May 28, 2006

Early morning in Nazareth, nice breakfast and a good nights sleep. Our first stop today is the Spring of Mary. This is a natural spring located in the town of Nazareth - where the town - which would have been smaller in Jesus' day - got their water. As you can probably guess there is a church on top of it (Luke 1:26-38). From there we went to another church in Nazareth called the Church of the Annunciation. This church has been rebuilt in the 80's over the ruins of the old church. It is beautiful. They were celebrating the Eucharist inside - nice video.

Next we were on to Sepphorus - which was the roman provincial capital from BC 6 to AD 30 then it moved to Tiberius on the Sea of Galilee. Here they have a mosaic dubbed the "Galilee Mona Lisa" - a beautiful and detailed mosaic. After lunch we hiked up to Arbel Cliffs with its impressive view of the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights

Arbell Cliffs

. It was very windy.

Our next stop is the site of the miracle of the five loaves and two fish. - There is another nice mosaic here in the floor under the alter. Next we went to Capernaum which had a house church in the late first century. Later this was covered by an octagonal Byzantine church . This city served as Jesus' home base during his years of ministry.

We finally made it to our hotel on the Sea of Galilee. Here we will stay two nights. I am glad that I have my own place. However because I was feeling lonely and another room had a more than a few guys in there I invited Edmund to come to my room. We then had a chance to swim in the Sea of Galilee last night. I bet Jesus did that too! I am very sleepy and the air conditioning is working well - it should be a good night.