Did I ever sleep good last night! Cheryl, no worse than normal. We received a 6:30 wakeup call, dressed and went to breakfast. The food was interesting. They had the most amazing pastry that tasted very much like a cream cheese danish. It was wonderful!
We left shortly after 8 to begin the day’s adventures.
First was Capernaum.This was a large archeological site. It had the remains of a 3rd or 4th century synagogue and underneath it you could see the foundation of an older synagogue.Jesus probably taught there.
Next was the Mount of Beatitudes.
Afer that was a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee and a boat museum. My original thought was: there are all these things to see and we are going on a boat ride? It was actually quite good. It started with the US and Israeli national anthems followed by contemporary Christian music while we cruised out into the lake. Our guide Erez (a Messianic Jew) then pointed out that from where we were, two-thirds of the Gospels took place. The boat museum had a 1st century boat that was discovered several years ago.
We Then stopped for lunch – Israeli fast food. We had chicken and lamb shawarma. They understood gluten free, so Cheryl was able to get her’s without the pita bread. Too bad for her, it was the best pita bread I’ve ever had.
Then we went to Magdala. This is a relatively new archeological site.
Finally, we went to the Jordan River where about half of our group was baptized, including Cheryl.
We returned to the lodge (for lack of a better term) Ein-Gev about 4:30. Dinner is promptly at 6:15.