Israel Travel Journal, Day 5

We had the morning off to do whatever we wanted, which our group seemed to appreciate. After lunch we headed to Jaffa (Joppa in the New Testament), where Peter had his vision on the roof of the house of Simon the Tanner. (Acts 10:9-16). We saw the house tradition says was the house mentionted in Acts.  It’s on … Continue reading “Israel Travel Journal, Day 5”

Israel Travel Journal, Day 4

Today we journeyed away from Jerusalem,  past Jericho, south along the coast of the Dead Sea. The first thing I noticed as we headed south was that we were going downhill, continually.  As we did, the grass on the hills slowly morphed into sand and rock.  The Dead Sea is the lowest elevation on earth … Continue reading “Israel Travel Journal, Day 4”

Israel Travel Journal, Day 3

Up early again today, and then off to the Israel Museum to see, among other things, parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls and a back-yard sized recreation of the ancient City of Jerusalem. Much of what we’ve done thus far has been intended to imprint on our minds a picture of Jerusalem and the surrounding … Continue reading “Israel Travel Journal, Day 3”

Israel Travel Journal, Day 2

The food here is surprisingly good. I say “surprisingly” because when I think about eating out I don’t think “Let’s go for Jewish.” As usual, today breakfast included food I’d never see before. It is best described as a loaf of sugar.  Not knowing this, and wanting to make sure it was sufficiently sweet, I topped it with molasses. … Continue reading “Israel Travel Journal, Day 2”

Israel Travel Journal, Day 1

When I began this trip to Israel, I hadn’t planned on blogging, but after I got here I changed my mind. I’m not promising to blog every day.  We’ll just see what happens. This day’s sights included the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Upper Room.  If you’ve never been here, the thing … Continue reading “Israel Travel Journal, Day 1”