We start our day with a devotion from one of the group - each day has been great - there’s a picture of this morning’s devotion led by Judy. (we also wrap up the day with a share time where each person reflects on the day).
Todays tour focused more on the historic sites in Israel. Our day started with a visit to Lazarus’ tomb in Bethany. There is a church built over the tomb which is deep underground. We could actually go into the tmb itself. Next we headed to Masada, the site of the Roman seige of Herrods mountain top palace which was occupied by Jewish rebels resisting the invasion of Jerusalem by Rome. The soldiers and families held out there for 3 years, but elected to die rather that live under Roman slavery.
We then visited Jericho for lunch and to observe the ongoing excavations of the walls of the old city. We also saw the Zachias Tree. Next stop was he Dead Sea where we floated about a bit. (You can see some of the ladies doing a synchronized swimming routine below) then headed back to the hotel.
Tomorrow is a free day. We’ll probably do some shopping and some of us may visit the Holocaust Museum. We may just take a cab into town and nose around to see what we see. I’ll post again tomorrow. After that we move to Netanya for 2 nights. It’s supposed to be a beautiful hotel on the Mediteranean.
