Cesarea Maritima, Mt Carmel, Megido, Tel Jezreel ending in Nazareth

This is the outer walls of Cesarea Maritima- another city of Herods. Unbelievable how much the man built. and if i was him i might have built a palace here too.

this is the foundation below his palace. you can actually see the outline of his swimming pool, circa 30bc mind you.

So a top experience in this trip has been eating out. All the places we have gone are top notch, not touristy. This sometimes takes some effort, especially in Jerusalem, but it is worth the extra walk. Here is a little place we found on the mediteranian (which is the blue stuff in the background). i had some sort of frozen lemon lime drink (alcohol free or course, only 11am) and everyone else had good food which i got the leftovers of.

Unfortunately our meals at the hotel and on the bus have been less than spectacular. I'm not going hungry, but i am certainly looking forward to breakfast in the states. Over here warm/hot milk, wet eggs, instant coffee and shrively hotdogs are considered breakfast. And we have had egg salad about four times in the middle of the desert- neither of which are/were/ever -will-be appealing. Unless i am unclear, i need some breakfast buddies- you know who you are, and you know where we go, so lets get it done when i am back.

This is a monestary we unitlized as an overlook on Mt Carmel. From here you could see Nazareth, the Galilee and a bunch of other stuff too. And tonight we arrived at Nazareth, the place Jesus grew up. It is now a large town, mostly Jewish. We are at a hotel at the end of town and walk down a long hill (and later up that same hill) to go adventure in the town. Certainly one of the more run down towns we have visited, lots of trash everywhere and a bunch of kids running around. We did a little tallent show tonight inside our group, it was fun to see everyone do stupid things. Also impressive to see how many inside jokes have been formed in the last two weeks (which bus riding will do). Not amazingly funny, except for Dr Hess fencing- that is good stuff.