Leaving Nazareth DAY 10

8.18am A shop in Nazareth all locked up8.19am this one in the process of opening up
8.37am on our way to Akko
8.38am Where was this?
8.39am I think the sign 'Bir El Maksur' may be the name of the place above

St Peters Fish and drive round Sea of Galilee DAY 9

14.27 and lunch was served.

I think they must have gone out to catch the fish the time it took, but well worth the wait.

14.40 "Can we see a raw one please?"

Fish decides to be difficult and won't let John put a coin in it's mouth
"That's not how it's done" says the waiter and moments later
15.08 A few of us decide to go swimming in Galilee.
Now don't forget to take those hotel towels back.
15.59 We then drove right round the Sea of Galilee

16.00

16.37

16.52 I think this is the Horns of Hittam

17.02

Back to our hotel for our final evening meal together, stopping on the way in Nazareth where a number of us went to buy Arabic sweets.

Capernaum DAY 9

Capernaum the place were Simon Peter lived

13.09 13.24
13.25 The main prayer hall of the Synagogue
13.26 Overheard by Jean
"There's an awful lot of old ruins around here"
reply
"You're standing next to one"
John got someone to take this photo of our entire group
13.29

13.37

Time now for lunch, I'm really looking forward to this .....

Tabgha DAY 9

11.54am Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes, sadly the photo of the beautiful mosaic that recalls how Jesus miraculously fed a throng of 5000 with but two fishes and five loaves hasn't turned out very well. 11.55am

12.15 Church of the Primacy of St Peter 12.23 Freddie our guide
12.29 Having walked down the hill to this church, the story of Jesus' resurrection appearance to the disciples, the catch of fish, and breakfast on the beach didn't seem possible at this place until we left the church turned the corner and there was the beach, and you could just imagine it taking place here.

Mount of Beatitudes DAY 9

The setting of the Sermon on the Mount

11.03am Church of the Beatitudes 11.07am
view of Sea of Galilee from the Mount of Beatitudes 11.13am

another view

this butterfly was flying about for ages and never once settled down

11.23am

11.32am I believe this was from the Mount of Beatitudes

11.36am and again

Yigal Alon Centre, Kibbutz Ginosar DAY 9

8.35am Ready for another day with our driver Atta 9.05am Looks like a school procession

9.56am arrive at Kibbutz Ginosar
No Josie it's not a pineapple

10.18am The 1st century boat discovered in 1968 by two brothers from Kibbutz Ginosar. After excavation and many years of the long convervation process the boat was finally moved to its permanent home in the Yigal Allon Centre in the year 2000

10.20am

Banias (Caesarea Philipi) afternoon of DAY 8

All these photo's were taken at the Hermon Stream Nature Reserve in Banias.

The Sanctury of Pan Fig Tree 14.27 14.57 just finished having Holy Communion in this area
15.01 15.02
15.07

15.14

15.24
Back to the coach for a couple of minutes drive to the stream area 15.52 Rosemary at the approach to the Stream and Waterfall 15.57

Just so I didn't forget the name What a size! 15.57

16.00 Hermon Stream. No Clive you are going the wrong way!

Basma and John at Banias Waterfall Colin and Josie
Clive and Terry

16.17 A Crusader Fortress view from the Nature Reserve at 16.18
16.19 and another view
While driving back to Nazareth close to Lebanon, John recounting a story of fundamentalists of some kind in Lebanon "No make-up was allowed for women" (pause) "and I suppose for men too, for that matter!". Well now we know.