Well my day started at 6am when I had a light suddenly shone in my face. Woke up to see dad walking out the door.
?!?!?
As it turns out he'd accidently knocked the switch with his shoulder on his way out and didn't notice. But still. #grunt
Got up around 6:30.
Snuck in a little internet before breakfast (huge as always).
Drove through Cana but didn't stop there.
View towards Mount Arbel (on left)
Welcome to Kana sign
Our first stop of the day was Zippori, which is a roman town they've been excavating over the past few years. It was a pretty awesome place with some stunning mosaics. Did get frustrated again at the pace. Spent the first half an hour there basically just listening to talks, which don't get me wrong are interesting and all, but I want to *see* stuff as well. They were initially talking about only spending half an hour there and not seeing the theatre and crusade fortress, but fortunately we did get to see all those as well.
Excavations at Zippori
Excavations at Zippori
The Nile mosaic in the Nile House
Photo by Dad
The Hunter mosaic in the Nile House at Zippori
Mosaics in the Nile House at Zippori
The Centaur mosaic in the Nile House
The Nile mosaic in the Nile House
Mosaics at Zippori
Zippori
Excavations at Zippori
Zippori Roman Theatre
Crusader tower at Zippori
They recycled stone wherever possible - here's a sarcophagus built into the foundations of the fortress
View south from the tower
View towards Nazareth
Dionysus Mosaic at Zippori
Dionysus Mosaic at Zippori
Just down the hill from there was the Zippori water system, which was a reservoir attached to a spring, with some tunnels as well. Walked through the reservoir and then the tunnel which was completely dark (good thing I took my torch) so that was a lot of fun.
Model of Zippori Ancient Water System
Inside the Zippori Ancient Water System
Me on the western entrance stairs of the Zippori Water System
Photo by Mum
Next stop was Nazareth. Drove past Mary's Well, but didn't stop.
Mary's Well at Nazareth
Had lunch at "Holy Land Restaurant". Again, good but altogether too much food.
Manhole cover outside Holy Land Restaurant
Inside of the Holy Land Restaurant where we had lunch
Photo by Dad
Then walked to Custodia Di Terra Santa/Basilica of the Annunciation, which is this big modern church built atop of what has traditionally been known as "Mary's House".
Basilica of the Annunciation
Basilica of the Annunciation
Photo by Dad
Interior and Grotto in the Basilica of the Annunciation
Photo by Dad
The Grotto in the Basilica of the Annunciation
Interior of the Basilica of the Annunciation
Roof of the Basilica of the Annunciation
Stained glass windows in the Basilica of the Annunciation
Basilica of the Annunciation
Excavations next to the Basilica of the Annunciation
More walking, this time to "The Synagogue Church" which, according to tradition (hmmm), was where Jesus preached in Luke 4. Whether it actually was or not, it was pretty awesome being in the town that Jesus grew up, and seeing the hills around that he was nearly pushed off.
Walking through Nazareth Market
Bruce and Ronen in the Synagogue Church
Photo by Dad
The last stop of the day was to the top of Mount Arbel which has some pretty cool cliffs and some awesome views of the Sea of Galilee. We'd only just made it to the top when very suddenly a change came through and we were nearly blown off the top! It suddenly made very real the story of the storm on the Sea. We'll be going on the sea tomorrow, hope the weather is better!
Mount Arbel
View of cliffs at Mount Arbel
Ginosar from Mount Arbel
Mum next to a tree on Mount Arbel
View northeast from the road to Mount Arbel
Sea Level marker sign in Tiberias
Boats on the Sea of Galilee
Washed a few tshirts (it seems I only have five tshirts, I could have sworn I had a few more, that'll learn me to listen to people that told me to take stuff out #grunt) then did computery stuff before dinner. Apparently there was goat as one of the dishes - go figure!
From 6pm tonight til 6pm tomorrow is Holocaust Remembrance Day here.
Distance covered on the GPS: 115.8km
Steps walked: 15173
Photos on the Canon: 505
Photos on the Sony: 55
Videos: 21
USD spent: 1
NIS spent: 23
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