Welcome back virtual tour friends! Thanks for joining us, and I hope you are blessed. After we left En Gedi, we headed for Qumran. Lunch was there, so we took a timeout to fill our bellies, then headed to Kalia Beach. There, the vast majority of the group donned water clothing and went for a …
Biding Farewell to the Galilee
All good things come to an end, and we have reached that day in the Galilee. It is difficult to drive away from such a beautiful area where 85 percent of Jesus' ministry took place. So many miracles and so much ministry occurred there. But now, we make our way south through the Jordan River …
More to See on the Golan
Following Misgav Am and Tel Dan, we stopped for lunch at a Druze restaurant where many of us tried Lebenah, a very thin pita (more like a Middle Eastern tortilla!) filled with goat cheese and other goodies. Druze are actually of Arab descent, but are very favorable to Israel. Their sons serve in the IDF, …
A Day on the Golan Heights
Bright blue, sunny skies greeted us this morning as we walked to breakfast and prepared to start our day. We are staying at Nof Ginosar Village, on the kibbutz that houses the Jesus Boat Museum. It is my first time at this hotel and it has been a very pleasant stay. We are only a …