Bethlehem - This is as close as you get these days

The Holocaust Museum - This is a tough one.

Sunrise in Jerusalem

From the Mount of Olives Looking towards the Dead Sea

Western Wall

Garden of Gethsemane

Hezekiah's water tunnel

Some Camera Shey Muslim Youth

Via Dolorosa - Jesus' Final Walk

In the Old City

Qumran - Dead Sea Scrolls

Just checking for any overlooked scrolls. None found.

On Top of Madada

Bob the Bobber

Dead Sea Float. Nothing sinks it's 34% salt and minerals. Just don't get it in your eyes.

Capernaum

Where Jesus taught

Caesarea-by-the-Sea

Our guide takes us back a couple thousand years to Paul's imprisonment

Sea of Galilee

In Jerusalem

View from our motel patio with the old city of Jerusalem in the background

Day 2

Incredible and exhausting. Our guide - a Jewish Believer merely uses these incredible sites as a backdrop to teach us the Bible. At Caesarea-by-the-Sea, you could almost here Paul's confrontation with Aggripa II. You really felt as if you had been transported back in time. Our guide is former Israeli military who has fought in three wars, a musician, a carpenter for 20 years and now guides full time. His stories are truly amazing and his passion is limitless.

We visited Mount Carmel and Meggido. And drove through Nazareth. Not much left to see there. It is now a city of 110,000, mostly Arab.

We are now camped out at the Holiday Inn in Tiberias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Just ready to go exploring for an hour before the day starts.

God Bless.

Made it to Israel

My vocabulary is not extensive enough to describe this trip. Arrived in Tel Aviv a few hours late but in good shape. Went swimming in the Meditteranean Sea last night at midnight. Feel great this morning as we head out to see the sites of the Bible. Our guide is phenominal and promises to take us deeper into the Bible than we have ever been. Hope to post some pics soon.