The pictures are:
1. Barb with our tour guide – Avi.
2. Behind the alter is the cave at Nazareth where Mary, Joseph and Jesus lived.
3. The Jorden River where Jesus was baptized.
4. Two fences with landmines inside!!
5. Samples at lunch
1. Barb with our tour guide – Avi.
2. Behind the alter is the cave at Nazareth where Mary, Joseph and Jesus lived.
3. The Jorden River where Jesus was baptized.
4. Two fences with landmines inside!!
5. Samples at lunch
6. The main course
We took over 200 hunderd pictures, wish you could see them all.
After a very short night we woke up in Haifa, Israel. Haifa is Israel’s largest port and
industrial city and is located on the slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Neither words nor pictures will be able to describe the sights that we saw and the emotions that we felt. It was truly one of the most memorable, if not the most memorable days we have ever had in a foreign country.
We were met at the port entrance at 8:30am by our tour guide, Avi Avinoam. He has lived in Haifa all his life and also is a war veteran who was wounded in one of the wars. His parents escaped Nazi Germany; however, his grandparents were killed in the concentration camp – wh
at a guide to have.
We started off by driving for about an hour from Haifa to visit Nazareth and the visit to the Basilica of the Annunciation, where the Angel announced to Mary that she would be the mother of the Messiah.
Following Nazareth, we visited the Jordan River and where
Then we drove to the Sea of Galilee and then onto the Golan Heights. We took a long dri
ve around the Golan Heights and stopped at the border of Israel and Jordan and then saw the border of Syria. The border looked very plain at first, just a tall fence with barbed wire on top. Then Avi told us that the fence was electrified. Then he showed us the second fence inside the first and then he told us that the space between the fences was mined!! We then drove by a number of outposts for Israel, Jordan and Syria. We were actually in the exact place where the Syrian’s would send bombs down on the Israel people in the valley below. We drove by Syrian pillboxes and other fortifications. The Six Year War drove the Syrians off the top of the Golan Heights and the area has been relative peaceful ever since. 
We then ate at a local restaurant in a Kibbutz (commune) where we had a fish called St. Peters Fish because it came from the Sea of Galilee – it was Tilapia. We also told Avi to order for us and not only did he order the fish, but he ordered samples of 14 local dishes – what an experience we had eating lunch. Yes, Ed tasted everything and loved most and really liked the fish!!
After lunch we drove back around the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, where the miracle of the fishes and bread took place and then onto the site of the Sermon on the Mount.
Then it was a one hour drive back to Haifa and a tour of the new city and back to t
he ship.
Just an indescribable day – I hope that I have conveyed some of the wonders to you.
We took over 200 hunderd pictures, wish you could see them all.
After a very short night we woke up in Haifa, Israel. Haifa is Israel’s largest port and
industrial city and is located on the slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.Neither words nor pictures will be able to describe the sights that we saw and the emotions that we felt. It was truly one of the most memorable, if not the most memorable days we have ever had in a foreign country.
We were met at the port entrance at 8:30am by our tour guide, Avi Avinoam. He has lived in Haifa all his life and also is a war veteran who was wounded in one of the wars. His parents escaped Nazi Germany; however, his grandparents were killed in the concentration camp – wh
at a guide to have.We started off by driving for about an hour from Haifa to visit Nazareth and the visit to the Basilica of the Annunciation, where the Angel announced to Mary that she would be the mother of the Messiah.
Following Nazareth, we visited the Jordan River and where
Then we drove to the Sea of Galilee and then onto the Golan Heights. We took a long dri
ve around the Golan Heights and stopped at the border of Israel and Jordan and then saw the border of Syria. The border looked very plain at first, just a tall fence with barbed wire on top. Then Avi told us that the fence was electrified. Then he showed us the second fence inside the first and then he told us that the space between the fences was mined!! We then drove by a number of outposts for Israel, Jordan and Syria. We were actually in the exact place where the Syrian’s would send bombs down on the Israel people in the valley below. We drove by Syrian pillboxes and other fortifications. The Six Year War drove the Syrians off the top of the Golan Heights and the area has been relative peaceful ever since. 
We then ate at a local restaurant in a Kibbutz (commune) where we had a fish called St. Peters Fish because it came from the Sea of Galilee – it was Tilapia. We also told Avi to order for us and not only did he order the fish, but he ordered samples of 14 local dishes – what an experience we had eating lunch. Yes, Ed tasted everything and loved most and really liked the fish!!
After lunch we drove back around the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, where the miracle of the fishes and bread took place and then onto the site of the Sermon on the Mount.
Then it was a one hour drive back to Haifa and a tour of the new city and back to t
he ship.Just an indescribable day – I hope that I have conveyed some of the wonders to you.
