2. The Grand Hotel in Tel Aviv

5. The Tel Aviv Beachfront

8. The cobblestone steps down to the house of Simon the Tanner

9. Garden adjacent to Simon the Tanner's House

15. Walking towards St. Peter’s Church

16. Necklaces for my grandbabies – their names on a grain of rice!

17. Tel Aviv to Caesarea We packed up and left Tel Aviv after a wonderful buffet breakfast. We travelled along the Via Maris to the ancient Roman port city of Caesarea. During Roman rule Caesarea was the capital of Palestine. It was here that Cornelius, the Roman centurion, was converted by Peter, and Paul was imprisoned before being taken to Rome.

19. The amphitheater in Caesarea

20. Ruins of the Roman city (Herod's palace).

22. An iron sculpture in front of the hippodrome .

24. Some fancy footwork!

28. On to Haifa – a city built on Mount Carmel

29. Haifa – beautiful bougainvillea

30. Haifa –Baha'i World Centre

34. Lunch in Druze Community In Nazareth

35. View of Nazareth

37. View from Mt. Carmel

38. Megiddo: A View of the Jezreel Valley

40. Megiddo

41. Megiddo

42. Megiddo – Stronghold of King Solomon

43. A Model of Megiddo in the Days of Solomon and Ahab

45. Megiddo’s Water Supply: Ahab’s Tunnel. We walked down 183 steps into the shaft which is 120 feet deep, and then along another 215 ft tunnel to the water source

46. Megiddo’s Water Supply: Ahab’s Tunnel

50. Continuing up the Golan Heights to the Naot Shoe Factory

51. Little House on the Naot Mordecai Kibbutz

52. Doll made by Holocaust Survivors at Naot Chemical Shelter

53. Check out the Map

55. One of the 3 Sources of the Jordan River: Dan Spring

59. Fig Tree at Caesarea Philippi

60. Excavation at Tel Dan

61. The Ruins of Dan

62. Dan Spring: One of 3 Sources of the Jordan River.

63. Dan Tributary – One of Three Sources of Jordan River

64. Lunch (Falafels) Beside the Flowing Dan

66. The Six Day War (19670): A Syrian Bunker in the Golan Heights – Now on Israeli Land

67. View from Inside the Bunker: Looking Across the Jordan Valley

70. Warning from Syria!

71. Very Fuzzy (taken from bus window) Pic of Nimrod Castle

76. Tiberias by the Beautiful Sea of Galilee

77. The Hills of Galilee Seen from Tiberias

79. Having a Cappuccino by the Sea of Galilee!

80. Standing on the Mount of Beatitudes Looking Towards the Sea of Galilee

81. Rev. Rhonda and Rev. Al Lazerte

82. Rhonda and Linda on Mount of Beatitudes

83. Catholic Church on top of Mount of Beatitudes

85. Rhonda and Sean

88. Bethsaida: Rev Al Lazerte Under a Fig Tree

89. Tsk-Tsk: Writing Our Names on a Eucalyptus Tree (Bethsaida)

93. Chapel Built Above the Excavated Ruins of Peter’s House

94. Inside the Chapel Looking at Peter’s House Through the Glass Floor

95. Peter’s House in Capernaum

99. Bible Reading Before Leaving Capernaum

100. Byzantine Mosaic of Loaves and Fishes at Tabgha

101. Church of the Loaves and Fishes - Tabgha

102. Entrance to Baptismal Site Along the River Jordan

106. Tiberias Sheraton

107. Ponies Along the Promenade at Tiberias

108. The Critical Water Levels: Sea of Galilee

110. Restoration of a 2000 Year Old Fishing Boat!

113. Mount of Beatitudes Seen from the Boat

114. Lunch at a Burger King – Can you Believe it?

115. A Reconstructed 1930’s Jewish Settlement

117. Climbing the Look-Out Tower

119. View from the Top

122. The Road to Jericho (Lower Right)

123. Lookout at Edge of Judean Desert Facing the Jordan Valley

128. Church of All Nations (Agony) Seen Through the Bus Window

130. Entering Jerusalem Through the Dung Gate

131. Another one of the 8 Gates. Note the bullet holes in the wall. This is the wall separating Jordan and Israel

132. Check-Point Entering Temple Mount

134. The Western Wall Underground – Below Temple Mount

136. The Amazing Pools of Bethesda

137. Entering St. Anne’s Church

140. Lazy Hibiscus

141. Walking the Via Dolorosa: Stations of the Cross

143. Walking to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

144. Church of the Holy Sepulcher

148. The Menorah in the Jewish Quarter

150. Section of Herod’s Road with Toppled Stones from Temple (AD70)

151. Mural Depicting Daily Life Along Herod’s Road

154. The Pinnacle Where Jesus Was Tempted

156. Church of Mary Magdalene and the Catholic Dominus Flevit Church, which in Latin means “the Lord wept.”

158. “ Riding” a Camel on top of the Mount of Olives!

159. The Eastern or Golden Gate

164. Entering the City of David

166. Down Down Down Hezekiah’s Tunnel!

168. The first suburb of Jerusalem is land marked by a huge windmill.

170. Copper Sculpture of the Tree of Life. Note the wheat and the grapevine

171. Inside the Upper Room: Place of the Last Supper

172. Church at the House of Caiaphas where Jesus was kept the night after He was arrested (Matthew 26:57).

174. Entering the Garden Tomb (Gordon’s)

176. The Hill Called Golgotha

177. Entering the Tomb

181. Replication of the Clay Jars As They Were Found in a Cave in Qumran

185. Tram Ride to Top of Masada

186. Fortress Atop Masada

188. The Dead Sea

192. The Shrine of the Book Where the Dead Sea Scrolls Are Kept

193. The Knesset:: Israel’s Parliament Building

195. Sculpture Along Sidewalk: Israel Museum

198. Model of Jerusalem as it Was 2000 Years Ago

199. Children’s Section at the Holocaust Museum

200. The Ramp Down to the Children’s Memorial

203. West Bank Wall

204. Checkpoint at Entrance to West Bank

205. Walking into the West Bank at Bethlehem

206. Graffiti on the Wall!

207. Downtown Bethlehem

208. The Small Door Into the Church of the Nativity Bethlehem

212. Church of St. Catharine Bethlehem: Statues of St. Jerome and St. Catharine

213. Last Fling on Ben Yehuda Street Jerusalem!

215. Ben Gurion Airport: Leaving Israel After an Awesome Journey!