Boat Ride across the Galilee, Tiberias, the Jordan
Last night was a bit ambivalent in my world: on the one had i was very tired and my room was air conditioned yet at the same time my feet were in the sea, hanging out with friends and watching fireworks across the Galilee where i will likely never be again. I take our time here not to be uncommon for the Israelis, and they have some sort of celebration about every thee days with fireworks. So i stayed up for a while with some folk and then enjoyed the ac. It is hard to believe i have spent the last three weeks with people whom i have never met, and i've only emailed a few of you. It feels like at the same time our trip is coming to an end, so are many of these relationships. Not that i dont like them, but my tendency has taught me that some friendships are just seasonal. Of course we are getting to the time where people are starting to suggest post-israel-trip parties and the like, most of which will never materialize. But that is good and healthy, there is only so much kevolution to come: that is before the movement catches on internationally.
Today began with a boat ride across the Galilee. I'm not really clear why, but they raised the American flag and played the National Anthem. It was wierd. They also had some typical-Israel-tourist-garbage, but i refrained.
Once across we got to see "the Jesus boat." This thing sank sometime in the first century, likely in one of the Jewish revolt which partially took place on the Galilee, and was found a few years ago. It was preserved by the mud which encased it. There was a long process of digging it out and preserving the wood so it will remain as is.
Above is what the boat would have looked like.
From we came to the tourist baptismal spot of the Jordan river- it seems wrong to make fun of any sort of baptism, so this paragraph will be short. What i love about the Orthodox church is that they dress so cool- in fact most the religious sect dress way more stylishly than Protestants.
Finally we stopped at Bet Shean, Bob's dig (seen above in official tour garb). He was very excited about bringing us all here. It is a funny combination of Roman and Jewish city. Some big stones as you can see. And from atop the tel you can see a McDonalds- i dont remember ever being as tempted by McD's like i was this day.
Today began with a boat ride across the Galilee. I'm not really clear why, but they raised the American flag and played the National Anthem. It was wierd. They also had some typical-Israel-tourist-garbage, but i refrained.
Once across we got to see "the Jesus boat." This thing sank sometime in the first century, likely in one of the Jewish revolt which partially took place on the Galilee, and was found a few years ago. It was preserved by the mud which encased it. There was a long process of digging it out and preserving the wood so it will remain as is.
Above is what the boat would have looked like.
From we came to the tourist baptismal spot of the Jordan river- it seems wrong to make fun of any sort of baptism, so this paragraph will be short. What i love about the Orthodox church is that they dress so cool- in fact most the religious sect dress way more stylishly than Protestants.
Finally we stopped at Bet Shean, Bob's dig (seen above in official tour garb). He was very excited about bringing us all here. It is a funny combination of Roman and Jewish city. Some big stones as you can see. And from atop the tel you can see a McDonalds- i dont remember ever being as tempted by McD's like i was this day.
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