I don’t have time right now to update much about Israel, and I can’t guarantee that I’ll get very far this week with finals and everything coming up. Just so you know what’s coming, here’s a list of all the places/sites we visited on our trip through the Holy Land:
- Caesarea Maritime
- Nazareth/Church of the Immaculate Conception
- Bethsaida
- Sea of Galilee boat ride
- “Jesus Boat” Museum
- Capernaum
- Mt. Tiberias
- Mount of the Beatitudes
- Dan Nature Reserve
- Tel-Dan
- Banyas Falls in the Golan Heights
- Caesarea Philippi
- Fortress of Nimrod
- Baptistery at the Jordan
- Mt. Horeb/Springs of Harod (Gideon in Judges 7)
- Valley of Jezreel
- Qum’Ran
- Ein Gedi
- Dead Sea
- Mt. Sodom
- Masada
- Bedouin camp
- Be’er Sheva
- Ha Ella Valley (David and Goliath)
- Bet Guvrin
- Bet Shemesh
- Bethlehem/Church of the Nativity
- Jerusalem
- Mt. of Olives
- Garden of Gethsemane
- St. Anne’s Cathedral
- Pools of Bethesda
- Church of the Flagellation
- Church of the Condemnation
- Via Dolorosa
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Temple Mount
- Western Wall
- Hezekiah’s Tunnel/Pool of Siloam
- Southern Steps of the Temple Mount
- Temple Mount Archaeological Park (w/ virtual tour)
- Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum)
- Jerusalem Museum (Model of 1st Century Jerusalem & Shrine of the Book)
- Traditional Upper Room
- Tomb of David
- Gordon’s Calvary/Garden Tomb
Yeah, we saw all these in only 9 days. It was one crazy trip. I can’t wait to share my experiences with you.