tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39513762457605502422024-02-19T16:37:15.171-08:00Live by the Sun - Love by the MoonTravel with Shari & RichSharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-87460777289853575882023-06-08T01:18:00.004-07:002023-06-08T01:33:13.901-07:00DAY 2 - Out on the Town!Rekjavik, Iceland is a beautiful city!
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We arrived on Icelandair at 9:30 am and after negotiating the bus systems, met our host at the main bus terminal at 11:30. Such a nice guy to pick us up! Jonas has an Air BnB that we'll be staying at for 3 nights.
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Reykjavik is the capital and largest city of Iceland. Population: 140,000 Place of the 1st permanent inhabitants in 874 AD. The city was officially founded in 1786 as a trading town and grew steadily over the following decades.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkTYPHg1vdq3mU3iJwWk7jjbmPosZ5HayKAWnfuOQrQN99bGxq3F71GlPS6-N_zBF4fudf2klAhBOWWS7Z1gh-tOivnLpzfPOYHD1xmYNXt01fWPHOKJYGL2YhBV7McUWujPWxDMZ3BARFzYD5sGKOh1UNNp7CsnN4TFS9dAWUlvIjo9bvSluHIpg/s640/DAY%201%20-3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkTYPHg1vdq3mU3iJwWk7jjbmPosZ5HayKAWnfuOQrQN99bGxq3F71GlPS6-N_zBF4fudf2klAhBOWWS7Z1gh-tOivnLpzfPOYHD1xmYNXt01fWPHOKJYGL2YhBV7McUWujPWxDMZ3BARFzYD5sGKOh1UNNp7CsnN4TFS9dAWUlvIjo9bvSluHIpg/s320/DAY%201%20-3.jpg"/></a></div>Our apartment was very cosy wth everything we would need. AND so close to everything! It was going to be perfect! <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglUi1R6z4TbRPFMex9H_ZuljAj0YdGpHz0Ln2AGv-0_P_bly7AOwBIIO_tn7GO0qZCJqZ0Q9_k7gYamWlO81_QZ9qe53R3HAl5Dwj-x5L9anQMUXDLk2Y8XY2SfwhSI0hmOFj3qjdmQWE1l_edqfI4HdTLtGDDmgXYzenzP-YV-fNcM1ynGBj-JfC/s640/DAY%201%20-3a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglUi1R6z4TbRPFMex9H_ZuljAj0YdGpHz0Ln2AGv-0_P_bly7AOwBIIO_tn7GO0qZCJqZ0Q9_k7gYamWlO81_QZ9qe53R3HAl5Dwj-x5L9anQMUXDLk2Y8XY2SfwhSI0hmOFj3qjdmQWE1l_edqfI4HdTLtGDDmgXYzenzP-YV-fNcM1ynGBj-JfC/s320/DAY%201%20-3a.jpg"/></a></div>
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YUM! We used some of our freeze-dried food - veggies, a bit of chicken & eggs, and a ramen and spices that Jonas had provided. Oila - so tasty. The Air BnB had quite a lot of food and snacks, so we were all set!
Time to go explore the city! We set out to catch a bus, but met a kind couple who lead us downtown, through a beautiful park, and to the main drag of Laugavegur. The street is one of the oldest streets in Reykjavík. Its name roughly translates to 'the Water Road'. We spent a couple of hours meandering through tourist shops and taking photos of several of the old/new buildings. Bright colors were welcome on a gray day.
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The old prison at Skólavörðustíg street closed in 2016. The building is located in Reykjavík’s main shopping and nightlife area. Its construction was finished in 1874 and for years it was one of the capital’s most grand buildings, serving additionally as the home to Iceland’s Supreme Court between 1920 and 1949. Prisoners rarely escaped from the building. The last escape occurred in 1993, when three prisoners sawed a bathroom window bar apart with the blade of a hacksaw. They were quickly recaptured. Some of the stained glass windows were famous prisoners. We enjoyed talking to a gal who had just finished her Master's in Architecure and they were presenting their works on the lower floor of the prison. Her class was the 1st ever in Iceland.
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What a great 1st day in Iceland! Our comfy bed was a welcome sight as we came home, after eating eggs and instant potatoes. Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-21277384989777200822023-06-06T23:55:00.008-07:002023-06-07T23:14:29.522-07:00DAY 1 - Denver to Reykjavik, Iceland - only 7 hours & $300 each!<p> Time to fly and get on our 8 pm flight. Think we'll sleep? Not much, but that's ok. We're still young, right? We'll arrive at 9:30 am, which is really 3:30 am Denver time. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eVX0LzRADlDPI_uxAqsblO38UzzcYGD29xs8zoaf_uWrlHpAj8P4Cc1J5urQUT3HBsG7YlGmPr6Qc8sRjWMohpT4oOIQz-_cMNNMnlpDlsuK-nX-POA9LrF0pGXY5iZQbBd4XLp29zb9MS6N9UiIWaPIozBiri64db07HFT0gw155NuPMzybJ6e8/s640/DAY%201%20-%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eVX0LzRADlDPI_uxAqsblO38UzzcYGD29xs8zoaf_uWrlHpAj8P4Cc1J5urQUT3HBsG7YlGmPr6Qc8sRjWMohpT4oOIQz-_cMNNMnlpDlsuK-nX-POA9LrF0pGXY5iZQbBd4XLp29zb9MS6N9UiIWaPIozBiri64db07HFT0gw155NuPMzybJ6e8/w400-h300/DAY%201%20-%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At 71, Rich & I are still enjoying traveling!<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTSy7t4hlgRXwgWOsipC7qxKMViB_EOCHnth-uQiqeVXW-vjvECCkR35jmgpdXZ5TUGmfvR2R471IbvvAGkxzinUw_-4UUfTSbbb-5Vi5y5iFWcX8jyugBStguoqOLay4EYLIjVJOBROAHkkd_OGIUjlt5M-osaV05J9w28WNCvlo0Ntx2RLpSVV7/s640/DAY%201%20-%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTSy7t4hlgRXwgWOsipC7qxKMViB_EOCHnth-uQiqeVXW-vjvECCkR35jmgpdXZ5TUGmfvR2R471IbvvAGkxzinUw_-4UUfTSbbb-5Vi5y5iFWcX8jyugBStguoqOLay4EYLIjVJOBROAHkkd_OGIUjlt5M-osaV05J9w28WNCvlo0Ntx2RLpSVV7/s320/DAY%201%20-%202.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>It's great to finally be at the airport and sit down! We stayed at my daughter, Danae, and her family's home the night before our travel day.<div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z1LMsEw577auots6SjR7sB8gIeNeEsfO9HckdF7DfIA9xGYhecjLZrU7WBbPq-pEOYeuc6b4-yFys1-8jG2RnRBiNJ8ryPrUxzRadNjVgBSUAsA-9wVd_G9N5oRa7ug45HRR1yrZ9r8aU5nnpzyMu6eD64VZxDe347g3eayskbPKPYBzu5Rxyrer/s640/DAY%201-0.JPEG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="438" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z1LMsEw577auots6SjR7sB8gIeNeEsfO9HckdF7DfIA9xGYhecjLZrU7WBbPq-pEOYeuc6b4-yFys1-8jG2RnRBiNJ8ryPrUxzRadNjVgBSUAsA-9wVd_G9N5oRa7ug45HRR1yrZ9r8aU5nnpzyMu6eD64VZxDe347g3eayskbPKPYBzu5Rxyrer/w274-h400/DAY%201-0.JPEG" width="274" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Off we go in the rain with all our luggage!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /><div>It started raining and hailing just before my daughter was going to take us to catch the light rail to the Denver Airport. Pulling out our rain gear put us a bit behind so we nearly missed the train. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-HSnm9KffcLH-Qa4a-WPmsTp7GqPITCf2EZKniwc1gyvHDR0LzVMy5S25_BreUVo7Wg9i3XBS4ELBQ-KBnduD9WqL6XHgsKzE2bjzzKibnxwbT1pWqM98w0Ts_hT_JBzZm8WQqEzf07K4Yb9iUBgwnGi0uutxDUl9-YGM4VU2ffSwpdt-6niVm9t/s4032/DAY%201%20-%202a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-HSnm9KffcLH-Qa4a-WPmsTp7GqPITCf2EZKniwc1gyvHDR0LzVMy5S25_BreUVo7Wg9i3XBS4ELBQ-KBnduD9WqL6XHgsKzE2bjzzKibnxwbT1pWqM98w0Ts_hT_JBzZm8WQqEzf07K4Yb9iUBgwnGi0uutxDUl9-YGM4VU2ffSwpdt-6niVm9t/w300-h400/DAY%201%20-%202a.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't believe we actually made it!</td></tr></tbody></table>After we got off downtown, we had to go to Union Station to get the train to DIA. My google map said it was a 5 min walk. OH NO! It was a 35 minute walk through the rain pulling a 50 lb. suitcase and carrying a 20 lb. back pack and holding a 10 lb. personal bag with computer and snacks, etc. What went wrong? Not a good start to the first day of our trip!<div><br /></div><div>At the airport, we were held up for quite a while at the TSA checkpoint. The X-rays didn't really like some of our freeze-dried food as some of them had turned into powder. Also, peanut butter is considered a liquid, I guess, so they tossed it out. mmm.</div><div><p>We've been preparing for this trip for a few months and the newest thing we've been doing is freeze drying a lot of food. 1/2 of our luggage is food! Food is expensive in Iceland and Sweden. </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2s1hhpCEOjC1PcuNDL1i4GCSLhzBMpOGPcO5xnTkriU1E0VQubCaA9GrguerBNzz1MkWb4KPs6fa-aQ1civW5fJI_w0Iy3yk8dI_9rcRF3ciDgO7dfC78F7tpxyAzJpYyd_-nCR70MWWx3Okfd4C7Ylz8Db2bu4F1g4DGhcTRblGSale3DxMzs00/s640/DAY%200%20-%20Food%200.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2s1hhpCEOjC1PcuNDL1i4GCSLhzBMpOGPcO5xnTkriU1E0VQubCaA9GrguerBNzz1MkWb4KPs6fa-aQ1civW5fJI_w0Iy3yk8dI_9rcRF3ciDgO7dfC78F7tpxyAzJpYyd_-nCR70MWWx3Okfd4C7Ylz8Db2bu4F1g4DGhcTRblGSale3DxMzs00/s320/DAY%200%20-%20Food%200.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showing off our new Harvest Right!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's been fun trying a variety of fruits, soups, stews, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, and more. We'll be camping in a camper van for 6 days, so these will come in handy.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3uk2SybVE7nm9OsETm163evbYbao3Rb63h0c43tEcEgTgJLY7KVQ6pntwC6UP5SliVKll8-O3ht4_8iganWfC-htLGpqq_P64zJtbrDoxltgPQbLSHbGROwszI1wSxjzyF8nUTlhkffe6Kd_ZjL4b20MSh_GxPvPy6TLz3e3HOCa9lkjywGOY7Bo/s640/DAY%200%20-%20Food%201.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3uk2SybVE7nm9OsETm163evbYbao3Rb63h0c43tEcEgTgJLY7KVQ6pntwC6UP5SliVKll8-O3ht4_8iganWfC-htLGpqq_P64zJtbrDoxltgPQbLSHbGROwszI1wSxjzyF8nUTlhkffe6Kd_ZjL4b20MSh_GxPvPy6TLz3e3HOCa9lkjywGOY7Bo/w400-h300/DAY%200%20-%20Food%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freeze Dried Food that we brought along</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-FcG1eZIxO-qXKx5_GRyC505BiOwp2b0xHLe8S6MpiQqXDa5VRAkmhBkjzy4qNs0bxYnfzVT42pyNydboeQ8KboAXbOxBpOabRacRNceJ5dqP1-LW07T01mFloemGCmItJ-N8huOCIGsyjVLoHTh69wz8j4uaPK4fw_9OrYWmhKjb8PxdQZz7Kga/s640/DAY%200%20-%20Food%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-FcG1eZIxO-qXKx5_GRyC505BiOwp2b0xHLe8S6MpiQqXDa5VRAkmhBkjzy4qNs0bxYnfzVT42pyNydboeQ8KboAXbOxBpOabRacRNceJ5dqP1-LW07T01mFloemGCmItJ-N8huOCIGsyjVLoHTh69wz8j4uaPK4fw_9OrYWmhKjb8PxdQZz7Kga/s320/DAY%200%20-%20Food%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We tried freeze drying raisins - didn't work! HA!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>After packing up, we headed for Denver and enjoyed meeting with some relatives at my niece's house in the mountains above Boulder. Great to see my brother, Norval, and sister Carolyn again!</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgnK8N7BE2lQubQhMoAFwRV_VwSvdQuML8hMcrUN6sinDmUcPcv-g9o9TM_asgkpah65npS6UCYDDECQHmFinR83lraq9HrsuUAdUW0KF9k67gLygh4DSxCKgkAVBj-A0JFgAvJ9864-6RPSCCthD40F6YyexFNzXRXTO1kYYZss1-T7hgs2EHW5v/s640/DAY%200%20-%20Bre%201.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgnK8N7BE2lQubQhMoAFwRV_VwSvdQuML8hMcrUN6sinDmUcPcv-g9o9TM_asgkpah65npS6UCYDDECQHmFinR83lraq9HrsuUAdUW0KF9k67gLygh4DSxCKgkAVBj-A0JFgAvJ9864-6RPSCCthD40F6YyexFNzXRXTO1kYYZss1-T7hgs2EHW5v/s320/DAY%200%20-%20Bre%201.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bre & Daniel's boys are so cute!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWhAwGIPUigve4IxR5c20sWmE5yzuNPycCa-VjXIzIDvtZRszkDNWMCabyyXNHMduFReZzVEu2nXatwsek2mUfI7zqjadFhGVchEhlFr_7Yt487POi1QUqMZPwyT-W5JR-w-NaU5VY-_M2uaweK2hl6OOYVUpK6D72nieUu-D77oPVAHn3QAuyvsC/s640/DAY%200%20-%20Bre%202.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWhAwGIPUigve4IxR5c20sWmE5yzuNPycCa-VjXIzIDvtZRszkDNWMCabyyXNHMduFReZzVEu2nXatwsek2mUfI7zqjadFhGVchEhlFr_7Yt487POi1QUqMZPwyT-W5JR-w-NaU5VY-_M2uaweK2hl6OOYVUpK6D72nieUu-D77oPVAHn3QAuyvsC/w400-h300/DAY%200%20-%20Bre%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My cousin, Roxana & her husband, Ron, joined us.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We stayed at my sister's house for a few days and then on to Rich's niece's house to meet his sister and husband for Sunday lunch.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ7_5yQYH3OeKgDy6M0bi4Pzj6NpsbcOXsguE8xcCCLVxOYCmw_hHDwDf_0gxiZjYB_5yQ41buExEYOCXgOSf2ZHDnWSGO2rMbN94pSyHPIHdAcjxeKrcU-NRVFh_Padg0SnhHL1-n_eO1e6FvYGh4krWMk1qpooxLgI2sofarrKAFIMIA5mlrBgK/s640/DAY%200%20-%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ7_5yQYH3OeKgDy6M0bi4Pzj6NpsbcOXsguE8xcCCLVxOYCmw_hHDwDf_0gxiZjYB_5yQ41buExEYOCXgOSf2ZHDnWSGO2rMbN94pSyHPIHdAcjxeKrcU-NRVFh_Padg0SnhHL1-n_eO1e6FvYGh4krWMk1qpooxLgI2sofarrKAFIMIA5mlrBgK/w400-h300/DAY%200%20-%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeremy, Katie, Pam, Rich & I, & David make home made pizzas - YUM!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p> On to my daughter's house in south Denver. GREAT to catch up and spend a few days doing last minute packing before heading off to Iceland.</p><p>Sissy made the nametags for the Olson Family reunion in Sweden. Isn't she great! </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAb4mX5pv72eZl0B0bNgzvnyogmNf7LK444bi2RNZzYNIvPBnXKPPkmHbvUnVVF2pAa7zE49EClE5yjd-FH8nDyOU8lXB2mnSj9A_eVkNEJGdACF9_w7_ReTsYuKdQeLZr-RaQTaHDpQ5n_3rnPJTWvdJiXOX8-TYqsPz9MEtgFvmC-JyRtb4Ah41/s640/DAY%200%20-%20Nametags%201.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAb4mX5pv72eZl0B0bNgzvnyogmNf7LK444bi2RNZzYNIvPBnXKPPkmHbvUnVVF2pAa7zE49EClE5yjd-FH8nDyOU8lXB2mnSj9A_eVkNEJGdACF9_w7_ReTsYuKdQeLZr-RaQTaHDpQ5n_3rnPJTWvdJiXOX8-TYqsPz9MEtgFvmC-JyRtb4Ah41/w300-h400/DAY%200%20-%20Nametags%201.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">42 nametags are ready</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SVmJRCsYee3XPWIF-UGllKKXy0plzsk9ccPQbtJFQcBNPwhSEJTFGP3dit5KNoIzbVKdXylepvT6fqggpF0aCM9aCewLKylY59q4nihSGx8MIsPnGF_ljGlz806lVp_rnSBCwuRxl1DphAEIkKBuRbcWVLPX9jcR20hMIRI-23ssAnLTB8U7y3jf/s640/DAY%200%20-%20Nametags%202.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SVmJRCsYee3XPWIF-UGllKKXy0plzsk9ccPQbtJFQcBNPwhSEJTFGP3dit5KNoIzbVKdXylepvT6fqggpF0aCM9aCewLKylY59q4nihSGx8MIsPnGF_ljGlz806lVp_rnSBCwuRxl1DphAEIkKBuRbcWVLPX9jcR20hMIRI-23ssAnLTB8U7y3jf/s320/DAY%200%20-%20Nametags%202.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>I think we're ready for the reunion and we're definitely ready</p><p>for ICELAND!!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgnihj0P84hGSuYEehO7DTpn3nVFJu-aVJlyiWm72gr39B6_nrFUIfefutO33Pmnw2MNFMeZzRHRUrNsVvbPyBBaXXMncbVibzm-l2P6T1O2fAiz5eZt7f2Yzw-Kdtthe_tqpO8ucAUdqjj-CAMHtUNz5v_b6b5Vz1dREnBZrUv_Jo5PqCq3zlHzb/s1632/DAY%201%20-%20R1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgnihj0P84hGSuYEehO7DTpn3nVFJu-aVJlyiWm72gr39B6_nrFUIfefutO33Pmnw2MNFMeZzRHRUrNsVvbPyBBaXXMncbVibzm-l2P6T1O2fAiz5eZt7f2Yzw-Kdtthe_tqpO8ucAUdqjj-CAMHtUNz5v_b6b5Vz1dREnBZrUv_Jo5PqCq3zlHzb/w400-h300/DAY%201%20-%20R1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">On the plane and ready for 40 days & 40 nights!</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-28784750503572437482023-06-03T20:12:00.000-07:002023-06-03T20:12:28.554-07:00 PREVIEW to 40 Days in Europe for our Midsommar Family Reunion in Sweden & Our 20th Anniversary<p>Here we go again! It's been 10 years since we traveled through Europe and 35 different countries. Time to go again! It will be our 20th anniversary in July AND for the past 3 years, starting during the CoVid Pandemic, I found scores of new relatives. In fact, I found nearly ALL of the posterity of my 2X great grandparents, Olaf & Brita Olafsson of <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rättvik</span>, Sweden. (That's a lot of people, both dead and alive!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB1WaCo613EB_2EegKw9GhTfd5tPKWYJbORUG8q9slmeTzdkZz_06eaNDY098HFs3UA31_Rxh2FGzZxKC5eLnTSJoT8uk2ojmBAd-qaUfMHe1f8PWHa_4V29DM5cmFiq-j4nkvjnD10mWNquzGdsffz37G48BigjOwBtYBpNAzOgg_SSWNISJqALw/s1383/1845%20-Olaf%20%20Brita-Colorized-Enhanced-Repaired%20cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="884" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB1WaCo613EB_2EegKw9GhTfd5tPKWYJbORUG8q9slmeTzdkZz_06eaNDY098HFs3UA31_Rxh2FGzZxKC5eLnTSJoT8uk2ojmBAd-qaUfMHe1f8PWHa_4V29DM5cmFiq-j4nkvjnD10mWNquzGdsffz37G48BigjOwBtYBpNAzOgg_SSWNISJqALw/s320/1845%20-Olaf%20%20Brita-Colorized-Enhanced-Repaired%20cropped.jpg" width="205" /></a>Olaf & Brita - in about 1845.</div><br /><p>I started a facebook group called <b style="background-color: #fcff01;">OLSON Family page - from </b><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">Rättvik to Herndon</b><span style="background-color: white;"> and from March 2020 - May 2022, I highlighted nearly EVERY adult relative of Olaf & Brita. 283 DAYS of posts. It was unbelievable and so much fun meeting everyone! June of 2021, 120 of us went to Herndon, Kansas, where 3 of the brothers came over in the 1870's-1880's to settle, having come from </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rättvik, Sweden.</span></p><p><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b style="background-color: #01ffff;">REUNION 2021</b><span style="background-color: white;"> - Not everyone is shown, but what a wonderful weekend we all had!</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcxnQcJ0XbOJZ5U7qvsRJc4bAY1JVPW4mpxiNxYCjq8tA2WWszEXSMqgfkT__VZfCt8D3ac5cwZdFR3rlGYA0F4wJOukdxOcoVNsrUAZ2H6juZwgZRNiaB75FiJ1mKQnhLrswPV8DK662DWM5BvaH8LBgRsGzm38jfLSxQdN6x88lRcC_YP0ZXPwE/s5083/ALL%202%20cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2253" data-original-width="5083" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcxnQcJ0XbOJZ5U7qvsRJc4bAY1JVPW4mpxiNxYCjq8tA2WWszEXSMqgfkT__VZfCt8D3ac5cwZdFR3rlGYA0F4wJOukdxOcoVNsrUAZ2H6juZwgZRNiaB75FiJ1mKQnhLrswPV8DK662DWM5BvaH8LBgRsGzm38jfLSxQdN6x88lRcC_YP0ZXPwE/w400-h178/ALL%202%20cropped.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Descendants of Ole, Andrew, and Erik - in Kansas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b style="background-color: #ff00fe;">REUNION 2023</b> - during Midsommar in June! 16 from the USA and 25-30 Swedish cousins will meet together for Olaf's 200th birthday celebration. He and Brita had 10 children with their 2 daughters and 2 of their sons dying young. 5 of their sons went on to Kansas and Illinois and Bom Daniel continued to stay on the farm. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19-edIcR0UTB1jlkowCPrt6rXoV9-SJ1L6JPK3vxzyei4oFLEaI0NrHjTe9P60F_1hZbPcA7095CSxtEq7h3vcvJVpdRBjvnNf7Fz-E16h1I5ZAJGURK_VM8L6nlM4J0UlrwdNZOZAfIOUHo6qC6RXca1QUnMiXVrbyLxa-Kx_cFscJpbFuYjeJoS/s1436/Olaf%20&%20Brita%20Pedigree%20Chart%20revised%20SNIP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1436" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19-edIcR0UTB1jlkowCPrt6rXoV9-SJ1L6JPK3vxzyei4oFLEaI0NrHjTe9P60F_1hZbPcA7095CSxtEq7h3vcvJVpdRBjvnNf7Fz-E16h1I5ZAJGURK_VM8L6nlM4J0UlrwdNZOZAfIOUHo6qC6RXca1QUnMiXVrbyLxa-Kx_cFscJpbFuYjeJoS/s320/Olaf%20&%20Brita%20Pedigree%20Chart%20revised%20SNIP.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">MORE coming up on the reunion the week of June 19th, so stay tuned!</span><p></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Rich & Shari's 20th Anniversary in July</b> - we'll be in Lithuania for this!</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSV83_1AjTBQ4jrUmnTEHpNE-bqmVuK0G4TyYZJr3UaPFgc-Jhp3MpUA8xRIq3HI5jLhsU_MLQoSmtw_yOxWy_EreatGFMQe8YbMbnT_LSyohOgQ6Bwk56u05lIpes-NNLi6BRKSk9uiDOUr2Hj-kmxdUBXfTM-P6IxtY9S2LEYga0tZmbqKnwNLi/s1800/2023%20-%20R%20&%20S%20sm.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1201" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSV83_1AjTBQ4jrUmnTEHpNE-bqmVuK0G4TyYZJr3UaPFgc-Jhp3MpUA8xRIq3HI5jLhsU_MLQoSmtw_yOxWy_EreatGFMQe8YbMbnT_LSyohOgQ6Bwk56u05lIpes-NNLi6BRKSk9uiDOUr2Hj-kmxdUBXfTM-P6IxtY9S2LEYga0tZmbqKnwNLi/s320/2023%20-%20R%20&%20S%20sm.png" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saint George - Dec. 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not much change in 20 years, right?!</div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lyj4qAM0mW6KY8pC4RPj7Jtc3efJxErDEKL3I5idgBXYfVhHIBVKMPX2UV97XZ6X18vSZy3iesj_vYxdSBK2TJ_0pBVKWPp9nEXxXmZ-g1c2okIap7iVf5TOuORAexUg1kRgNtjzknHvzdiifWVDmK2Zyk5ucc6osX5NkCPii_kdxqMyse3xVTkn/s598/R&S-Dancing-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="570" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lyj4qAM0mW6KY8pC4RPj7Jtc3efJxErDEKL3I5idgBXYfVhHIBVKMPX2UV97XZ6X18vSZy3iesj_vYxdSBK2TJ_0pBVKWPp9nEXxXmZ-g1c2okIap7iVf5TOuORAexUg1kRgNtjzknHvzdiifWVDmK2Zyk5ucc6osX5NkCPii_kdxqMyse3xVTkn/s320/R&S-Dancing-1.jpg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabo San Lucas - Dec. 2003<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In 2013, we spent 7 months in Europe couch surfing, which means we stayed with complete strangers and slept on couches, dorm rooms, in a chalet, fancy houses, and even on a sailboat. </p><p>We shared meals, enjoying their culture and history. So memorable! This time, we'll do Air BnB, Bed & Breakfast, hotels, and even camp in a camper van in Iceland.</p><p>Join us for the next 40 days as we travel to Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Rich will continue to stay in Switzerland for another 6 weeks at a couple of places during 'work away' projects. I'll come home and work in the garden and our house that we're building.</p>Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-5233212963143865542018-02-12T06:08:00.002-08:002018-02-12T06:08:39.241-08:00February 2018 News From Baja<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>Dental Work in Mexico - mmm????</b></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>I know, I know....WHY do we go to Mexico when there are drug cartels everywhere, you can die from drinking the water, you probably will get food poisoning, and people are risking their health by doing cheap dental work here?<br />
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1. <b><i><u>We haven't gotten robbed yet or shot.</u></i></b> BUT....two policemen did stop us on Friday while Rich had just turned right on a red light in the middle of the big city of La Paz. They told Rich he wasn't supposed to turn on stop lights. Rich was pretty sure that was not the law. They told him he would have to go into the station and pay a big fine. He asked for their identification which they promptly showed. Then he asked me to get a paper and pencil and copy their names down. OOHHH! They got so upset. Then one proceeded to tell Rich he better realize he was in MX no, not the USA and he'd better respect the police. Then they said GO and be on our way. It is common around here for the police to want to be paid off and bribed if they tell us we will go to jail. Whew - a little frightening, but we've yet to see any drug dealings or problems that way.<br />
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2. <u><b><i>Water and food.</i></b> </u>YES, it's true, you may get sick if you drink the water so we buy water. The food is just fine and we wash our vegetables that we buy, but we have a beautiful garden that we know is organic and safe.<br />
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3. <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Dental Work.</u> YES, I have succumbed to get my cleaning down here every year. It costs $40 and is the most amazing cleaning. She takes nearly an hour and you go through four different processes. If you'll remember, I lost my crown in August due to a cracked tooth underneath, I guess. SO....I had 3 different estimates and consultations in Idaho Falls about what to do. It would be from $3,500-$5,000 to get an implant and crown. After her telling me I would probably get an infection and my bite would change and I was too young to have a missing tooth when I smiled, I made an appointment with her oral surgeon. <b style="background-color: yellow;">The cost: $1,500 for extraction of the rest of the tooth, sinus lift, bone graft, implant, and a crown next November after I'm healed. </b><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">So - I'm healing, resting, eating soft foods, NOT eating hot or spicy foods, nuts, seeds, or anything like that. I'm on pain meds and antibiotics. I get stitches out on Friday and wait til November while the bone grafts into the socket. OH BOY! Not the worse thing I've gone through, fo</span><span style="background-color: white;">r sure!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: lime; font-size: large;">NO PHOTOS as I don't look too hot!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: lime; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Work-Away Friends - We have a couple our age staying with us this year from Canada. They are so fun, knowledgeable and WORK HARD! The gal in the middle is from Columbia and she is teaching us all better Spanish. She is so energetic and LOVES life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: cyan;">THE CASITA next to the Sea of Cortez</b></span><br />
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Everyone works 25 hours a week in exchange for room and board. This couple sleeps in an old trailer that is sufficient for their needs. We have a little outhouse (with flushing toilet) close by as the bathroom in the trailer doesn't work.<br />
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I know the colors are bright, but it's MEXICO - right? The pink is in the kitchen and the blue is in the bedroom. Originally, it was supposed to be more of a red, but that's okay - I actually really like it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Top of the casita - Sunrise spot where I stretch each morning</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gail & Ingrid with their big smiles after doing dishes!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dancing, Singing, Laughing, Washing Dishes, Cooking, and Working together sums up each of our days.</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />Then we have the occasional hikes on our days off.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;"><b>Trip to the Cardon Forest</b></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful, majestic cacti that are hundreds of years old</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can you see the chamber orchestra of cactus with the giant snake cactus coming to get them?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beautiful cloudy day for our hike</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">I climbed up into this one (actually Rich lifted me up on his shoulders!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is my favorite - the Palo San Juan tree</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever seen a <span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>Sun Halo</b></span>? I hadn't. On our hike this day, there was a little rain and a lot of clouds, but when they finally subsided, the sun had a beautiful rainbow-like circle around it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">I captured the previous photo, but here is one I copied off the internet from Sweden that is very cool!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To La Paz for our bi-weekly shopping trip, we often times see cows in the middle of the row. WATCH OUT!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">On our way home after a movie and shopping all day, we see more cows. This one is close to home and he knows that trash pick up day is tomorrow!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ahi Tuna is the BEST! Freshly caught at the market.....Time for Randy to prepare it as he is the BEST COOK!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Curried rice and a tomato side dish - YUM! What a feast!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! In our garage dining room!</span></div>
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Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-34419915174976226212018-02-12T06:07:00.000-08:002018-02-12T06:07:18.720-08:00Grandma Visits All the Grandchildren - Dec. 2017<b><span style="font-size: large;">ID to UT to AZ to CO</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>I'm experienced with Blogger because I made a blog for my Europe and Jerusalem trips (I actually still have a couple of days to finish for Jerusalem, which I'm working on now.)</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>Hailey - thanks for getting this going. It's not hard everyone, to post a photo. Just go to "new post" at the top RH corner. You can type something, then add photos or videos and even make captions underneath them. Go for it!</b><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b>THANKSGIVING - with the Schreiners and the Despains</b></span>.<b>....My photos are on Rich's computer, so I'll have to insert them here later!</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A beautiful snow in Woodville before I ventured out to see all the grandkids. It made for a cold time in the loft, however, by myself since Rich had already left for Baja. Good thing I have a nice friend I could stay with sometimes.</b></span></td></tr>
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<b><br /></b><b>Remember the Fuhriman's? I'm teaching Ben's children. Lori is on the right side. She is an aunt of Andrew who learned Suzuki Book one in five months. His sister takes violin from me. Oh boy!</b><br />
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<b>First stop is in Springville, UT to stay with Carlene and Sam. I loved visiting everyone during the holiday season.</b></div>
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<b> Their house is so cute and Janelle and Jason have done a great job of decorating. I didn't take many photos here with my camera. There are some on my iphone if I can figure out how to download them to this blog???</b><br />
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<b> Christmas Eve 2017 after church with the Chadwick Family. Toby, Kyli, and I played "O Come Emmanuel" in church. So many remarks and such a fun experience!</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4 of the 6 families moved this past year! WOW! I should have taken more photos of all their homes, but they are all so beautiful!</span></div>
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<b>While in Denver we always get together with Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Norval and their families. This year we went to see Uncle Pinky, my mom's brother in-law, who recently went into a care center. We also went out to eat at a wonderful restaurant in the Flatirons shopping center.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More photos later when I learn to upload them from my iphone! Maybe they're all lost in the clouds, however! HELP!</span>Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-81929348985126408472018-02-03T04:29:00.003-08:002018-02-03T04:31:59.391-08:00DAYS 17 & 18- Coming Home from the Holy Land!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><b>Jordan to Frankfurt to Toronto to SLC, Utah</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">John and I left for the airport at midnight to catch our 3 a.m. flight to Frankfurt, Germany. Here are some photos that I took in the airport. We hung out there for quite a few hours.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I remember seeing this on our European trip back in 2013 - MEMORIES!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Germany is famous for Cuckoo Clocks. I remember picking one up for my parents when I came to Germany for the first time with the American Youth Symphony and Chorus back in 1969. Oh! Good memories!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I was to have an 18 hour lay-over in a city I had never been to, I decided to take a train to downtown....even though I had had VERY little sleep the night before on the flight from Jordan.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really enjoyed the modern architecture of downtown Toronto!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The CN Tower is a 553.3 m-high concrete communications and observation tower. It is struck by lightning approximately 75 times each year.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A panorama view from the CN Tower (pulled off the internet, since I didn't go up into the tower.)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to spend some time at the railway museum, walking around the many buildings and warming up in the sunshine. It was CHILLY, although the skies were bright blue!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Toronto Railway Museum is dedicated to preserving the physical legacy, history and experience of rail transportation in Toronto and Ontario.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;">The John Street Roundhouse was built in 1929-31. Following the renovations of the roundhouse in the 1990s, the area to the east of the building became a city owned park named Roundhouse Park in 1997. The Toronto Railway Museum occupies Roundhouse Park and officially opened in 2010. The Museum occupies three stalls of the John St. Roundhouse and features an indoor display, an indoor restoration facility, a full size diesel cab simulator, an outdoor miniature railway, numerous railway engines and rolling stock as well as a fully restored railway village which includes Don Station, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_control" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Signalling control">Signal Cabin D</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"> (with toolshed), a Watchman's shanty, a Water Tower and a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaling_tower" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Coaling tower">coaling tower</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">AIR CANADA CENTRE...Large arena hosting pro hockey, basketball, and la crosse events. Everywhere I went, I saw people coming to a game dressed in red.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><b>Although these last couple of posts from my Holy Land trip are nearly a year old, memories are vivid and I'll always remember the trip of a life time - to WALK WHERE JESUS WALKED!!</b></span><br />
<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-1997816650851457602018-02-02T05:05:00.000-08:002018-02-03T03:15:25.215-08:00DAY 16 - EASTER Sunday at the River Jordan<span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">EASTER 2017 - a Dream Come True!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: "eb garamond" , "arial" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">A scholar from Jerusalem discovered the Madaba Map [in Madaba present day Jordan], in 1897. This map was a 6</span><sup style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: "EB Garamond", Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: "eb garamond" , "arial" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> century Mosaic depicting a map of the Middle East in the 6</span><sup style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: "EB Garamond", Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;">th </sup><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: "eb garamond" , "arial" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Century. The discovery and subsequent analysis of the map led to a renewed interest about the exact location of the Baptism Site. Pilgrims started to return to the area east of the River Jordan hoping to find clues to the location of the site.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Excavations at Bethany Beyond the Jordan began only 20 years ago, in 1996.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;">baptism</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;"> of Jesus by John the Baptist, the act that launched Jesus’ public ministry, most likely took place on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;">, in a riverbed called the Wadi Al-Kharrar.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On one site near the river Jordan, mosaic remains were found; then marble remains; then more remains. In total, the remains of five different churches, built at separate times, were found. Why were churches built on this spot in particular on five different occasions? </span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Here the remains of more than 20 Christian sites have been discovered, including several churches, a prayer hall, </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">baptismal pools</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> and a sophisticated water system. These date back to the Roman and Byzantine</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> periods.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">A mural depicting the Pope's visit to this area</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif;">One of the churches appears to have been built around a natural </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">cave</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> containing fresh spring water — possibly the cave that Byzantine pilgrims called “the cave of John the Baptist”.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">At the head of the Wadi Kharrar, springs emerge from the barren landscape to create a small </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">oasis</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> of tamarisk and palm trees, reeds, grasses and shrubbery. From here the Wadi Kharrar stream flows eastward to the Jordan River, its 2-kilometre route flanked by thick vegetation and identified by the murmur of running water.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">The </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">fresh water</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;"> of the Wadi Kharrar stream would have been more suitable for baptisms than the murkier Jordan River, which in John the Baptist’s time was also subject to heavy seasonal flooding.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The area was guarded by the military. They wanted to make sure we didn't swim across the River Jordan to the other side cause that area was Israel. We were not allowed to go unless it was over the designated border crossings.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: "eb garamond" , "arial" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The Baptism Site was a militarized zone, full of mines when Jordan and Israel signed their peace treaty in 1994. The treaty allowed for the de-mining of the area.</span><br />
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The Marriott Hotel has gone all out here - amazing food, great service, beautiful pools - what a wonderful way to end our amazing adventures in the Holy Land!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were treated to a special Easter buffet and the food was to die for! Enjoy the following photos! I took lots of pictures of the array of sweets!</span><br />
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I'll take one of each, please! Actually, the buffet was so good that I had no room for dessert. I asked if I could take some to go. HA! They made me up a box with lots of treats and brought it to my room.<br />
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Unfortunately, I gave the box to John to carry and forgot to get it back from him - I hope he enjoyed them!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now to pack up and get a little sleep before leaving at 3 am for a LONG trip home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: cyan;">The past three weeks have been amazing! To walk on hallowed ground in the Holy Land was a dream come true!~ Thanks Cousin Lloyd and Cousin John. It was wonderful to room with you, Joanne. You are an inspiration! </b></span><br />
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<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-24948370135731652182017-06-29T22:25:00.003-07:002017-07-11T04:53:18.444-07:00DAY 15 - Moses, Madaba, Mosaics & More<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Biblical Scenes From Long Ago!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The view early in the morning after breakfast - no one is around. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Off to Mt. Nebo we go! Moses saw the Promised Land from here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Up the mountain we go in our bus.</span><br />
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After 40 years leading the headstrong Israelites in the desert, Moses<a href="http://www.seetheholyland.net/glossary/#moses"><b></b></a> stood on the windswept summit of Mount Nebo and viewed the Promised Land of Canaan - after having been told by God “you shall not cross over there”.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The view from the summit provides a panorama of the Holy Land and, to the north, a more limited one of the valley of the River Jordan. The West Bank city of Jericho is usually visible from the summit, as is Jerusalem & Bethlehem on a very clear day. Moses saw this same view!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A serpentine cross sculpture atop Mount Nebo was created by Italian artist <b><span style="background-color: magenta;">Giovanni Fantonni</span></b>. It is symbolic of the bronze serpent created by Moses in the wilderness (<i>Numbers 21: 4-9</i>) and the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. (<i>John 3:14</i>)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to the final chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses ascended Mount Nebo to view the Land of Israel, which God had said he would not enter. Moses also died here.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful mosaics found on Mt. Nebo</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early Christians from Jerusalem made it a place of <b>pilgrimage</b>.
In the 3rd or 4th century monks from Egypt built a small church on one
of its peaks, Siyagha (a name meaning monastery), to commemorate the end
of Moses’ life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the end of the 4th century, an empty “tomb of Moses”
was being shown to pilgrims on the mountain.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The main <b>mosaic</b> depicts wine-making, hunters and various animals.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A baptismal font</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some scenes along the way as we travel through the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Madaba</b></span> ("City of Mosaics") is an ancient town in Jordan, southwest of the capital
Amman. It’s known for its 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land in the
Greek Orthodox Church of St. George. The Madaba Archaeological Park
preserves the mosaic-rich Church of the Virgin Mary and artifacts from
the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic eras. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such beautiful portrayals ALL in mosaic...WOW!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">WOW! Right in front of my eyes!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The remains of the oldest known <b>map</b> of the Holy Land,
painstakingly assembled from more than a million pieces of coloured
stone lie here on this floor.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">UNBELIEVABLE!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Less than a third of the map has survived.</span><br />
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A conservative estimate is that the mosaic map would have originally contained about <b>1,116,000</b>
pieces of stone and glass. A team of three workmen, working 10-hour
days and directed by a superior artist, would have needed about 186 days
to assemble it.<br />
In 746, about 200 years after the mosaic map was constructed, Madaba was largely <b>destroyed</b> by an earthquake and subsequently abandoned.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The new settlers were removing debris from an old church in 1884, so
they could build a new one on the site, when they discovered the <b>remains</b> of the map. They incorporated the surviving fragments into the new St George’s Church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just had to take a couple of photos of our bathroom. Pretty luxurious!</span><br />
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<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-76982916137381364292017-06-25T16:44:00.001-07:002017-06-25T16:44:58.095-07:00DAY 14 - Kerak Castle to the Canyon to the Dead Sea<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Climbing & Swimming with the Dead on Good Friday!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today we're off on more adventures in the country of Jordan. First stop....Bathroom break and shopping!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jordan is popular for Nabataean-style pottery and silverware, largely prepared by the local Bedouin population.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also renowned for its handmade products like carpets, mosaics and tapestries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;"><b>Kerak Castle</b></span> is a large Crusader castle located in al-Karak,
Jordan. It is one of the largest crusader castles in the Levant.
Construction of the castle began in the 1140s, under Pagan and Fulk,
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> Crusader - 1142-1188 AD</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: purple;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white;">Mamluk - 1263-1517 AD</span></span> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The two main building phases covered a span of 350 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The castle was built on two main levels.</span><br />
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Kerak Castle is a typical example of <b>Crusader architecture</b>,
with Romanesque-style stone vaults, numerous corridors, and strong
doorways. The Crusader parts of the ruins are mostly on the upper level
and can be identified by their dark volcanic tufa; later Arab additions
are in white limestone.<br />
Through a massive door, steps lead down to vast, dimly-lit, vaulted rooms and corridors<b> underground</b>.<br />
The <b>upper courtyard</b> includes the remains of a <b>Crusader chapel</b> and provides excellent views over the Jordanian landscape to the Dead Sea.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Into the caves and cells where the prisoners were locked up! SCARY!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In the Book of Kings (16:9) and Book of Amos
(1:5, 9:7), Kerak is mentioned as the place where the Syrians went before
they settled in the regions in the northern of Levant, and to which Tiglath-Pileser III sent the prisoners after the conquest of Damascus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On December 18, 2016, the castle was the site of a terrorist attack. Ten people were killed and 34 were injured, the majority being Jordanian security forces and local civilians. WHEW! That was only 3 months ago!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SUCH narrow streets - our bus driver managed very well, however!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">SHOES! Shoes for sale!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Approximately 15 percent of the Jordanian population of 5 million live
below the poverty line and up to two-thirds of these poor people are
concentrated in urban areas. According to the World Bank, 17 percent of
Jordanian children are malnourished, the infant mortality rate per 1,000
live births is high at 31, and 11 percent of the population does not
have access to safe drinking water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Some photos of the Dead Sea along the way. It is losing 3 feet of water every year, so it it is predicted to be all dried up in 7 years. WOW! Am I lucky to have seen it it. AND I get to swim in it twice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The Mujib Reserve of <span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>Wadi Mujib</b></span>
is located in the mountainous landscape to the east of the Dead Sea, in
the southern part of Jordan Valley, about 60 miles south of Amman.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This is the deep sandstone gorge of the Wadi Mujib, Jordan's most spectacular river canyon. </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During the last Ice Age the water level of the Dead Sea
reached about 600 feet below sea level, about 800 feet higher than it is today. It flooded the lower areas of the canyons along
its banks, which became bays and begun to accumulate sediments. As the
climatic conditions changed<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)"></span></a></i></sup>, the water level of the lake dropped, leaving the canyons blocked.
Most canyons managed to cut through their plugged outlets and to resume
their lower courses. However, Wadi Mujib, abandoned its former outlet
by breaking through a cleft in the sandstone. This narrow cleft became
the bottleneck of an enormous drainage basin with a huge discharge. During the years the cleft was scoured deeper and the gorge of Wadi Mujib was formed.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wadi Mujib, the biblical Arnon stream, has always been an important boundary-line. According to the Pentateuch, it once separated the Moabites from the Amorites (Numbers 21:13-26)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bethany Beyond the Jordan </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Many churches are being built here. They are relatively new, since this area used to be inaccessible to tourists. Plans are for many other churches in the near future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because large quantities of water are taken from the sources of the
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to the King James Version of the Bible and other ancient texts and manuscripts, "Bethabara is the" place where John the Baptist baptized those who came to hear him preach. The word only appears once in the New Testament at John 1:28. However, the same verse in the various revised editions reads "Bethany."</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Shall we gather at the river - the beautiful, the beautiful river!!" (Well...it is murky, muddy, oily, and getting narrower every year, but oh - to be here is wonderful!)</span></td></tr>
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Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-78252158464782054162017-06-11T22:17:00.002-07:002017-06-25T18:11:28.225-07:00DAY 13 - Petra...the "Rose-City"<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>One of the New 7 Wonders of the World - <i>MY <u>TOP</u> WONDER!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">WINDY, CRAZY hair-do day in the morning behind the hotel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Petra, originally known to the Nabataeans as <b>Raqmu</b>, is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hey - this is the scarf we wore just yesterday while we visited Wadi Rum!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cube-shaped monuments are known as 'Djinn, a type of spirit in Arab folklore. There are a total of 25 of these in Petra. These monuments served as tombs or memorials to the dead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The people of Petra lived in caves until 1995, but now they have their own village. All the people (Bedouins) work for tourism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Established possibly as early as 312 BC as the capital city of the Arab Nabataeans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs
who took advantage of Petra's proximity to regional trade routes to
establish it as a major trading hub. The Nabataeans are also known for
their great ability in constructing efficient water-collecting methods
in the barren deserts and their talent in carving structures into solid
rocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The upper monument is the "Obelisk Tomb." It is crowned with four elongated pyramids that represent the deceased. There is a carving of a male representing the head of the family buried in the chamber tomb beneath.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here we go through the<b><span style="color: #93c47d;"> Siq</span></b>, a natural sandstone gorge, winding its way to the ancient city of Petra. This was a popular trade route. A triumphal arch was spanned across the entrance, but it collapsed in 1895.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The name of the site is called ‘Petra’, a Greek word meaning ‘Rock’, </span><span style="font-size: large;">because the city was carved inside red-rose sandstone rock. The city of
Petra is comprised of hundreds of tombs, houses, a theatre that could
fit more than 3,000 people, temples, obelisks, and altars where animals
were sacrificed to calm the angry gods or ask them for favours. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2007, Petra was named one the NEW 7 Wonders of the
World and also as one of the "28 Places to See Before You Die" by
Smithsonian Magazine.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ENJOY the photos of Petra as I couldn't quit taking them - MAGNIFICENT!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After 2 km of walking, we finally arrive to the magnificent and famous<b><span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"> "Treasury"!</span></b> We've just come through the narrow gorge made famous in <b><span style="background-color: #f1c232;"><i>"Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade."</i></span></b> How cool is that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Treasury building was taller than I imagined. It was intricate, with
fine detailing on the pillars and columns. Likely carved around 100
B.C., the elements etched into the soft sandstone rock speak to why so
many myths and stories circulate today. Is there a bounty of treasure
hidden under the pink carved rock? Throughout the decades, many have
believed this story. The pockmarked surface from gun shots aimed at the
upper urn tell the story. Each gunshot represented someone’s
dream for undiscovered treasures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the largest free-standing structure in the ancient city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time for me to go exploring by myself while the others have a fancy $20 lunch! I had packed mine earlier and it was so fun taking off above everyone up into the hills.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't think I want to fall here!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Crusader Fortress" - 12th century AD</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Turns out they shut down the Petra site early and there was some flash flooding. Good thing we got out of there early and didn't get stuck inside.</span><br />
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<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-26464318018601608352017-05-08T19:41:00.000-07:002017-05-21T05:33:01.990-07:00DAY 12 - "Wadi Rum"...mmm? What?<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>"Lawrence of Arabia,"</i> <i>"The Martian," & "Rogue One"</i></span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Marriott Hotels in Jordan are amazing!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">View outside our window - it's an odd-shaped building!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: magenta;"><b>Amman</b></span> is the capital and most populous city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political and cultural centre. Situated in north-central Jordan, Amman is the administrative centre and has over 4 million people. Today, Amman is considered to be among the most liberal and westernized Arab cities.<sup> </sup>It is a major tourist destination in the region, particularly among Arab and European tourists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A couple of churches we stopped to see on our way to Wadi Rum this morning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>The King Abdullah I Mosque</b></span> in Amman, was built between 1982
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I enjoy watching the people as we ride along in our tour bus.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Amman, the capital of Jordan, is a modern city with numerous
ancient ruins. Atop Jabal al-Qala’a hill, the historic Citadel includes
the pillars of the Roman Temple of Hercules and the 8th-century Umayyad
Palace complex, known for its grand dome. </span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Built into a different
downtown hillside, the Roman Theater is a 6,000-capacity, 2nd-century
stone amphitheater offering occasional events.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bus driver decides he wants to go back and take us by the amphitheatre again for a better look. What does he do? ....pull a U-turn and change directions after this car goes by. Is he crazy?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two more photos of this amazing masterpiece in the middle of the modern city! WOW - still used today! Wish we had time to go in - I would sing!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A bit blurry, but I love watching the Jordanian families enjoying time together!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our guide, once again, pointed out some mansion homes that are in the area. They look like castles!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is where we stopped to have a break. EVERYONE was smoking (inside)!! I couldn't even stay in there 5 minutes - it was so bad! Even school-age youth.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>Hejaz</b> <b>Railway</b></span> was a narrow gauge railway that ran from Damascus to Medina, through Saudi Arabia with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of the Ottoman railway network and was built to extend the line from beyond Damascus to the holy city of Mecca. It got no further than Medina, 250 miles short of Mecca due to the interruption of the construction works caused by the outbreak of WWI.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The main purpose of the railway was to establish a connection between Constantinople (Istanbul), the capital of the Ottoman Empire and the seat of the Islamic Caliphate, and Hejaz in Arabia, the site of the holiest shrines of Islam and the holy city of Mecca, the destination of the Haji annual pilgrimage. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our 1st glance at some beautiful red rocks</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #f1c232;"> </span></b><b><span style="background-color: #f1c232;">Wadi Rum</span></b> is a protected desert wilderness in southern Jordan. It
features dramatic sandstone mountains like the many-domed Jebel Um
Ishrin, and natural arches such as Burdah Rock Bridge. Many prehistoric
inscriptions and carvings line rocky caverns and steep chasms, such as
Khazali Canyon. The natural watering hole of Lawrence’s Spring is named
after British soldier Lawrence of Arabia, who allegedly washed there.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>7 Pillars of Wisdom</b></span> - maybe I'll be more wise for having stood in front of it!</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A few popular movies that have been filmed here:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">"<i>Lawrence of Arabia</i>" - 1962</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">"<i>Red Planet</i>" - 2000 </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">"<i>The Martian</i>" - 2015 </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">"<i>Rogue One</i>: A Star Wars Story" - 2016</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are the trucks that we'll go on for a trip in the desert. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sitting down for our lunch before we head off into the desert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nice ambience that the Bedouins provided with our lovely meal.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each one of us was outfitted with a red and white checked keffiyeh</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">John really just wanted to wear his Kansas cowboy hat! Sorry John - we're all going into the desert sand dunes looking like nomads!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to wear my cap, so this guy helped me drape my scarf around my hat....yeah - a great sun protector!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This kitty sure wanted part of my lunch!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two of us with our caps underneath!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sunsets are amazing here, so people come from all over and stay in these geodesic domes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And we're OFF!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some great scenery where "The Martian" took place!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK - who wants to ride the camels?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do, but I am a bit chicken - should I?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aww, come on lady - piece of cake!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So - if I had one regret on this trip, it was that I didn't ride a camel! Maybe someday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were about a dozen from our group that did it for a 20 min. ride. They loved it!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times, with many cultures–including the Nabateans -leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti, and temples.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you see the petroglyphs carved into the rock? 12,000 years of human occupation</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 74,000-hectare property, inscribed as a mixed natural and cultural
site features a varied desert landscape consisting of a range of narrow
gorges, natural arches, towering cliffs, ramps, massive landslides and
caverns. The combination of 25,000 rock carvings with
20,000 inscriptions trace the evolution of human thought and the early
development of the alphabet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The natural watering hole of Lawrence’s Spring is named
after British soldier Lawrence of Arabia, who allegedly washed there. I remember watching the film <b><span style="color: #741b47;"><i>"Lawrence of Arabia"</i></span> </b>when I was a little girl. Now I'm actually here!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So relaxing with our tour guide. He knows so much about all the places we go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On our way back across the desert, we encountered a terrible wind/sand storm.....quite interesting and scary! Good thing we had our head scarves to keep the sand out of our faces. The driver drove fast and we got back before it got too dangerous.</span><br />
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<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-5289816742931050092017-05-06T06:11:00.000-07:002017-05-06T06:21:43.472-07:00DAY 11 - Jordan, Here We Come!<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Only 6% are Christians!</span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Good-bye Dan Panorama Hotel Jerusalem! You've been good to us!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The population of Jordan is 10 million, with half of them being in Amman, the capital city. Jordan, an Arab nation on the east bank of the Jordan River, is
defined by ancient monuments, nature reserves and seaside resorts. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946,
Jordan was ruled by King HUSSEIN (1953-99). A pragmatic ruler, he successfully
navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various
Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian population, through several
wars and coup attempts. </span><br />
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In the midst of surrounding turmoil, Jordan has been very hospitable,
accepting refugees from almost all surrounding conflicts as early as
1948, with most notably the estimated 2.1 million Palestinians and the 1.4 million Syrian refugees residing in the country. The kingdom is also a refuge to thousands of Iraqui Christians feeling the Islamic State.
While Jordan continues to accept refugees, the recent large influx from
Syria placed substantial strain on national resources and
infrastructure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look - it's a herd of camel along the road!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many are here from Egypt as they can make more money. 1/2 million are Iraquis. They like it in Jordan, the middle of the Middle East countries. It's more safe and most comfortable.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saving water from the Jordan River</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jordan is considered to be among the safest of Arab countries in the Middle East, and has avoided long-term terrorism and instability.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorful shoppes along the way. 85-90% of Jordanians smoke....Most youth start very young.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy the colorful scenery and photos from the bus on our long bus ride today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gas prices are double to outlying countries. Taxes are 17%...CRAZY! All health care is paid for! Things are EXPENSIVE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is LOTS of green on the countryside hills today as Jordan has experienced quite a lot of rain recently.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Note how people in the city park - any which way in the McDonald's parking lot!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;"><b>Jerash</b></span> is a city, north of the capital Amman. Inhabited
since the Bronze Age, it’s known for the ruins of the walled Greco-Roman
settlement of Gerasa just outside the modern city. These include the
2nd-century Hadrian’s Arch, the Corinthian columns of the Temple of
Artemis and the huge Forum’s oval colonnade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The amphitheatre, arches and plazas are in excellent condition due to
the dry climate it is located in. It was hidden for centuries under the
desert sand and has only recently been excavated in the past century. It
was only rediscovered in the early 1800s and excavations
began in 1925. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At its prime, Jerash housed 20,000 people and really began to flourish
during the time of Alexander the Great. Located along the trade route,
the city thrived and continued to grow until 800 AD.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many youth were here this day and all practiced their English on us. They would especially stare at us women. They are not used to many tourists yet, I guess.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remnants of the <i>Hippodrome, </i>stadium<i>, </i>where 15,000 people would gather for chariot races and sporting events.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Forum has well-preserved columns...the paving is also original - WOW!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dating back 6500 years, Jerash is considered the most well-preserved site for ancient Roman architecture outside of Italy. It is dubbed "The Pompeii of the East."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Up to the top to the <span style="background-color: cyan;"><b>Temple of Zeus</b></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What a view from up on top! Only 30% of the site has been excavated. The work began 60 years ago!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This must have been something in its day with everything totally in tact!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Ampitheatre seated 4,000 people!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had the wonderful opportunity to sing a little Puccini opera here. What an experience! The video is on my blog!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A couple of Muslim girls wanted my photo so we exchanged.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some school boys say hi to me on the bus - they were so cute!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time for Lunch!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful wall paintings as we drive along the highway</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I always hate to see raw meat hanging in the windows - yuk!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not sure why he was holding this rug up on top of the car??</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We saw so many beautiful, large, homes along the way outside Amman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Bedoin dwelling amidst the more affluent homes as we drive along in Jordanian countryside.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Selling his produce right along the highway - a very common site!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #084033; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">The modern town of </span><span style="color: #084033; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f1c232;"><b>Umm Qais</b></span></span> is the site of
the ancient Greco-Roman town of <b>Gadara.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gadara <span dir="rtl" lang="he"></span><span lang="he"></span><span lang="grc"></span> was situated in a defensible position on a ridge accessible to the east but protected by steep falls on the other three sides.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2015)"></span></a></i></sup> It was well-watered, with access to the Ain Qais spring and cisterns.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Josephus relates that in AD 66 at the beginning of the Jewish revolt against the Romans the country around Gadara was laid waste. </span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">"So Vespasian marched to the city of Gadara. He came into it and slew
all the youth, the Romans having no mercy on any age whatsoever. He set
fire to the city and all the villas around it."</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Gadarenes captured some of the boldest of the Jews, of whom several were put to death and others imprisoned.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gadara (modern day Umm Qays) was on a high ridge overlooking the confluence of the Yarmuk River and the Sea of Galilee.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trying out my "panoramic" setting on my camera - looks like I need to perfect my shot! OK kids -I'm only 20 minutes from Syria!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #084033; font-family: "arial";"><small> <b><span style="font-size: large;">This is the the place where Jesus cast out the devil from two men into a herd
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some photos of Umm Quais that we didn't actually see because of time, but I would have LOVED it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GREAT location, so Gadara was the "City of Culture" with many philosophers, historians, and actors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roman Aqueduct under the city of Gadara at Umm Quais.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So many of the people are very poor and there are places that just wouldn't be the best for children, but they don't know any different.</span>Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-61053752645138307202017-05-04T06:25:00.001-07:002017-05-05T03:28:53.256-07:00DAYS 8-11:"The Holy City" - Jerusalem<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XwuTckJ_0VU" width="459"></iframe>I know this is sideways, but I definitely look more alert and better than the last video! HA! We had just finished touring the <i>Church of the Holy Sepulchre. </i>I had to hurry and sing the chorus before I left Jerusalem. My Grandma and I used to sing it together. What a magnificent city Jerusalem,<b> "The Holy City" </b>is!!Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-49199651046932829862017-05-04T05:59:00.001-07:002017-05-05T03:26:15.483-07:00"The Holy City" - Jerusalem! Lift Up Your Voice & Sing<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gtEEDqxbYfg" width="480"></iframe>Singing a song my Grandma Olson and I would sing from her mother - Mary Elizabeth Clarke's, sheet music. "The Holy City" - here I am leaving Jerusalem for the country of Jordan. Sorry for the <i>tired</i> and <i>no makeup</i> look. It was early and everyone was on the bus, ready for our long bus ride. What a crazy few days it's been in this most magnificent, historical, and one of the most intense places on Earth!<br />
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<b>"The Holy City"</b> is a religious Victorian ballad dating from 1892.Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-69233439529898223372017-05-04T05:39:00.001-07:002017-05-04T05:42:15.121-07:00DAY 11 Jordanian Flatbread - Shrak<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M3pYIvhIEt0" width="480"></iframe><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shrak Is a traditional
Bedouin bread that is popular in Jordan and the region as a whole. The
bread is thrown to great thinness before being tossed onto a hot iron
griddle called Saj that’s shaped like an inverted wok. Also known as
markook. This man threw it into the rock oven and it was done in less than two minutes. SO YUMMY with hummus and all the veggies they prepared for us!</span>Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-46942188673507716122017-05-04T05:14:00.002-07:002017-05-04T05:26:15.850-07:00DAY 11 - Jerash, Jordan Amphitheatre Singing Opera<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wA0N8iN-Dk" width="480"></iframe><span style="font-size: large;">Such a great experience singing "O Mio Babbino Caro" by Puccini in the Holy Land! What a neat feeling to be in the "zone" as a singer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The elusive factor that makes the ancient amphitheater an acoustic marvel is not the slope, or the wind — it’s the<u><b> seats.</b></u> The rows of limestone
seats form an efficient acoustics filter that hushes
low-frequency background noises like the murmur of a crowd and reflects
the high-frequency noises of the performers on stage off the seats and
back toward the seated audience member, carrying an actor’s voice all
the way to the back rows of the theater. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roman theatres derive their basic design from the Theatre of Pompey, the first permanent Roman theatre. I also got a chance to sing there in 2013 - WOW! So AMAZING! It felt like the Heavens opened and took my sound UP UP UP and I had goose bumps up and down my body. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will always treasure these two experiences - thank you Lord! </span>Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-48883915120045453622017-04-30T16:20:00.004-07:002017-05-04T04:59:37.872-07:00DAY 10 - Masada & The Dead Sea<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Going UP UP UP and DOWN DOWN DOWN!!</b></span></span><br />
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<span data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="16" style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #93c47d;"><b>Bedouins</b></span>
are a subgroup within the Arab minority in the State of Israel, with
cultural, historical, social and political uniqueness. The Bedouin
population is comprised of approximately 140,000 in the Negev
and 70,000 in northern and central Israel, making up about 4% of the
Israeli population. Their total fertility rate is about 6% per year
and is one of the highest in the world. Men can have 4 wives, so they have LOTS of children! Most are Muslims.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Half of the Bedouins live in the Negev desert in unrecognized villages, which lack basic
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of the children in these villages study outside their place of
residence and their dropout rates are high, among various reasons due to
lack of access and public transportation to their schools. Their are high rates of
unemployment, poverty, and crime.
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Catching a glimpse of a camel alongside the road - trying to get a good photo. They are such amazing creatures!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We did see a few palm tree plantations.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We saw a few caves along the way....the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in one of 11 caves in the Qumran Mountains. More on that later!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Could it be this one?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Our 1st glimpse of the<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><b> Dead Sea</b></span>....so exciting! <span class="_Tgc">Between Israel and Jordan, the salt lake is located on the lowest point of Earth's surface. Its basin lies some <b>1,300 feet</b> (400 meters) below sea level, making it the lowest body of water in the world.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dead Sea is losing 4 feet of water annually! NOT GOOD!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tal, our guide, tells us to start looking for <span style="color: lime;"><b>IBEX</b></span> - a kind-of goat.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ein Gedi is a community that is a river nature reserve.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">AAH HA! Here is the infamous Ibex!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A desert-dwelling goat that is dwindling in population.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">MASADA - aerial view</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The fortress at <span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Masada </b></span>was built by King Herod, conquered by a group of
Jewish zealots, and was besieged by the Romans soon after. Rather than
be captured, the zealots decided to commit suicide, and their story of
heroism and courage is recounted to this day. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We're traveling up the mountain on a tram. We are at the front of the car, so we have the best view.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mother-daughter have come together with Globus Tours.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Masada is one of Israel’s
most popular, iconic and impressive sites, and one which has a great
story. The fortress of Masada has been referred to as the place where David rested, after he "fled from his father-in-law, King Saul".</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYgSb24blea-BqqDzXf7TFRTLqPvoJce_qEPm-w5EsME24MB9x1rkWD4e-hVDAc7xc4E2_B0wnysxdYStqbkqRpq4Iq1R8QpTQKRnn-Yp18SvE9Fcm57rFdXacBN1j-aoz6KCvxnc45M/s1600/018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYgSb24blea-BqqDzXf7TFRTLqPvoJce_qEPm-w5EsME24MB9x1rkWD4e-hVDAc7xc4E2_B0wnysxdYStqbkqRpq4Iq1R8QpTQKRnn-Yp18SvE9Fcm57rFdXacBN1j-aoz6KCvxnc45M/s400/018.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"> We took the easy way up, but we could have walked it for 60-90 minutes. The Masada Snake Path is one of the most iconic hikes in Israel.
Starting from the base of Masada, the Snake Path winds its way up approximately 400 meters
from the lowest place on earth, the Dead Sea, to the peak where
archaeological remains tell a story of heroism and endurance, and
magnificent views across the Dead Sea and the Moab Mountains of Jordan
on the other side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <b>siege of Masada</b> was one of the final events in the 1st Jewish-Roman War, occurring from 73 to 74 AD on this large hill top. The siege was chronicled by Flavius Josephus, a Jewish rebel leader captured by the Romans, in whose service he became a historian. According to Josephus, the long siege by the troops of the Roman Empire led to the mass suicide of the Jewish rebels and families of the Masada
fortress. Masada has become a controversial event in Jewish history,
with some regarding it as a<span style="background-color: cyan;"> place of reverence</span>, <span style="background-color: #bf9000;">commemorating fallen
ancestors and their heroic struggle against oppression,</span> and others
regarding it as <span style="background-color: red;">a warning against extremism and the refusal to
compromise.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nearly 1,000 Jewish people (men, women, and children) lived here for three years while the Roman army built a ramp to come up the steep hillside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Roman legion surrounded Masada and built a wall, before beginning construction of a siege ramp against the
western face of the plateau, moving thousands of tons of stones and
beaten earth to do so. Jewish slaves and relatives of the people at Masada helped for three years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the Romans entered the fortress, however, they found it to be <b><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">"a citadel of death."</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Food was found in edible condition as they dehydrated. Date seeds were germinated and new trees were grown. INCREDIBLE! Also, a large storage of water was found.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are the 10 "Lots" that were discovered. They were used the last night for the men to draw to see which ones would have the "luck" of the draw to be the slayers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cousin John and I have a reflective moment up here on Masada.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time to take another excursion and check out the <span style="background-color: white;"><b>Qumran Caves</b></span>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remains dating back to the Iron Age have been uncovered at Qumran as
well as walls, pottery and a cistern from later settlements. Even all
those years ago fresh water was an issue in this dry environment, and
aqueduct systems were added to bring fresh water to the city from the
greener regions of the north. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We find some more Ibex animals</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can't wait to get to the Dead Sea to swim!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here we are at <span style="background-color: #e69138;"><b>Qumran Caves</b></span> and some more ruins</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remains dating back to the Iron Age have been uncovered at Qumran as
well as walls, pottery and a cistern from later settlements. Even all
those years ago fresh water was an issue in this dry environment, and
aqueduct systems were added to bring fresh water to the city from the
greener regions of the north.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From information found in the Dead Sea Scrolls scholars have managed to
get a clear picture of the community’s way of life and beliefs. It is
thought that about 200 people once lived here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1947 local Bedouins discovered a clay jar containing 7 scrolls in a
cave about 1.5km from Qumran. The ancient scrolls were sold to antique
dealers and after changing hands several times they reached scholars who
could accurately evaluate the age and value of the parchments. Further
exploration uncovered a total of 972 texts including the oldest known
existing copy of the Old Testament.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've always wanted to know more about the Dead Sea Scrolls!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time to finally meet the Dead Sea in person!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These rocks are slippery, John! Hold on - better yet, let's get you a chair to sit in!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK - time to help cousin John before I dive in!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kristina and I are searching for some black mud!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Over to these cute little girls who know where to collect it. They put some in my hand and I'm ready to grease up myself and John. The mud has many minerals in it and is great for the skin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Good-bye Friends! I hope we meet again one day. I'll see some of you tomorrow...meanwhile, safe journeys!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Candles galore! I walked around to discover some of their celebration tables.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-90981172261764300612017-04-27T08:48:00.000-07:002017-04-27T08:57:48.321-07:00DAY 9 - Palm Sunday - "Yad Vashem"<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Dead Sea Scrolls, Holocaust Museum, Good Samaritan Inn, and more!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We're off this morning to go on an extra excursion. Some of the tour group is staying to see some Palm Sunday services....it's hard to decide what to do, so here we go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We're off to a couple of amazing museums - how much do I like historical adventures!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An urn-shaped building on the grounds of the museum, the Shrine of the Book, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and artifacts discovered at Masada. It is one of the largest museums in the region.</span> <br />
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<b><span style="background-color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period</span></span></b><br />
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topography and architectural character of the city as it was prior to
its destruction by the Romans in 66 AD, and provides historical context
to the Shrine’s presentation of the Dead Sea Scrolls</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was so fun to see what Jerusalem was like a WAY long time ago! Oh, to go back and learn more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of
Israel and is ranked among the world's leading art and archaeology
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These pipes segments were part of the Roman water system that carried
water from Soloman's pools to Jerusalem. The names of the commanders
that laid the pipes are seen in the pipes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sarcophagus is decorated with bull's heads, garlands, and a conch shell - 3rd c. BC</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The<span style="background-color: #93c47d;"><b> Shrine of the Book </b></span>holds all seven of the <b>scrolls</b>
found in what is called Cave 1 at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. They are
Isaiah A, Isaiah B, the Habakkuk Commentary, the Thanksgiving Scroll,
the Community Rule, the War of the Sons of
Light against the Sons of Darkness and the Genesis
Apocryphon. All are in ancient Hebrew except the last, which is in Aramaic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The discovery, by a Bedouin goat- or sheep-herder searching for a
missing animal, occurred in 1947. Israel was on the eve of its War of
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><b>Dead Sea Scrolls</b></span> - I've always wanted to know more about this!</span><br />
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The building’s white-tiled <b>dome</b> is shaped like the lid of the first jar in which the scrolls were found at Qumran.
In contrast nearby stands a black basalt wall. The black-white imagery
symbolizes the theme of one of the scrolls — <i>The War of the Sons of
Light Against the Sons of Darkness.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;"> <span style="font-size: large;">40,000 manuscripts were found!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ALL of the book of Isaiah has been found and the text is the EXACT Hebrew replica of today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Community Rule is the <b>rule book</b> for the group that wrote or copied the library of scrolls — they were VERY interesting and some of the rules were pretty strict for these Jewish people! The purpose of the Community Rule is <i>"to do what is good and right before Him as He commanded by the hand of Moses and all His servants ad people." (Community Rule 1-3)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">66 AD, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem. The people at the caves hid them, not to be found for 1,000 years.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A requirement in Israel - to serve for 3 yrs. in the military for all 18 yr. olds (including females) - Can you imagine?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Next stop is the Holocast History Museum - <span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><b>"Yad Vashem"</b></span></span><br />
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<b>Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg</b> was a Swedish architect, businessman,and humanitarian. He is widely celebrated for saving tens of thousands of Jews from Hungary during the Holocaust in the later stages of WWII. He issued protective passports and sheltered Jew in buildings designated as Swedish territories.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our guide told us many stories of people who helped the Jews during this horrible time in history!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The name "Yad Vashem" is taken from a verse in the Book of Isaiah:
<span style="background-color: #9fc5e8;"> </span><i><span style="background-color: #9fc5e8;">"To them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a
name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting
name that will endure forever." </span>(Isaish 56:5)</i><span class="script-hebrew" dir="rtl" style="font-family: "alef" , "sbl biblit" , "sbl hebrew" , "david clm" , "frenk ruehl clm" , "hadasim clm" , "cardo" , "shofar" , "david" , "ezra sil" , "ezra sil sr" , "noto sans hebrew" , "freeserif" , "times new roman" , "freesans" , "arial";"></span>
The memorial conveys the idea of establishing a national depository for the names of
Jewish victims who have no one to carry their name after death. The
original verse referred to eunuchs, who, although they could not have children, could still live for eternity with the Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yad Vashem also seeks to preserve the memory and names of the <b>six million
Jews</b> murdered during the Holocaust and the numerous Jewish communities
destroyed during that time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An interesting modern wall sculpture as we were entering the museum. VERY interesting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The museum was VERY well done (no inside photos allowed)....I have been to Auschwitz and a good museum in Berlin, but this one was so inclusive. So many stories and relics! I could have stayed a couple more hours!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This was a very moving part of the Memorial - 1 1/2 million children whose names and ages and where they were from, continually being read in a very dark, circular room. Our guide told us to choose one of the names to think about and what their life would have been.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> One of the ladies and her daughter in our group had an aunt who perished in the Holocaust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A couple of quotes that I found very moving:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>"Where books are burned, humans, too, are destined to be burned."</i></span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i> </i></span></b> (Heinrich 1921)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"A country is not just what it does, but what it tolerates."</span></i></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such a moving experience I have just had!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Back on the road to Jericho, we see some old ruins along the road.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMroWsoFgd5TJBloYX4Uz0_z5ZDnH0iAnT0fg-PqmdFR9vRsaJkEdWAA9xvykmVS77nQKrGU8Ykh7g-boJuz7naHDRv0lPmZiAse6gOtai_OOyo2HG_hoPK3vBd9pRmyVRvV7OrDlmy8/s1600/038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMroWsoFgd5TJBloYX4Uz0_z5ZDnH0iAnT0fg-PqmdFR9vRsaJkEdWAA9xvykmVS77nQKrGU8Ykh7g-boJuz7naHDRv0lPmZiAse6gOtai_OOyo2HG_hoPK3vBd9pRmyVRvV7OrDlmy8/s640/038.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Though the <span style="background-color: #e69138;"><b>Inn of the Good Samaritan </b></span>existed only in a parable, a real-life site was proposed in the early Christian centuries to edify the faith of pilgrims.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The <b>location</b>, beside the road going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,
fitted Jesus’ parable about the man who “fell into the hands of
robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Modern road from Jerusalem to Jericho close to the Inn of the Good Samaritan </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jesus would have been familiar with the <b>road</b>. He would often have walked it on the final stretch of the way from Galilee to Jerusalem along the Jordan Valley.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> It was here that the Mount of Olives and Mount Scopus gave travelers from Jericho their first glimpse of <b>Jerusalem</b>. (including us! - what a view!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the 6th century a Byzantine <b>monastery</b>
with pilgrim accommodation was erected on the site of what was probably
some sort of travelers’ hostel well before the time of Jesus. Later
the Crusaders established a fortress on a nearby hill to protect pilgrims against robbers.</span><br />
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to mosaics. Displays both indoors and outdoors include mosaics from
Jewish and Samaritan synagogues, as well as from Christian churches, in
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Samaritans came here 2500 years ago</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to the hotel, our driver had to detour around various streets. Palm Sunday and the celebrations were everywhere and just concluding, so the streets were BUSY! I tried to capture some of the scenes and the people as we drove. So interesting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A <span style="color: #93c47d;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">kippah</span> </b></span>(also called a kappel or "skull cap") is a thin,
slightly-rounded skullcap traditionally worn at all times by Orthodox
Jewish boys and men. It is worn to demonstrate respect and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are various other customs, including the <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"><b>peyot</b></span></span> (sideburns): tucking them
behind the ears, wrapping them around the ears or twirling them into
long ringlets. Some of these customs are based on mystical teachings,
while others are based more on community norms. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back at the hotel, we decide to go for an evening stroll and to the nearby King David Hotel.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <b>King David Hotel</b> is a 5-star hotel which opened in 1931. The hotel was built with locally quarried pink limestone
and was founded by a wealthy Egyptian Jewish banker. It
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have now been to one of "The Leading Hotels in the World."</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So many prominent people have stayed here. We walked the halls with their signatures in the tiles. WOW! I feel famous!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> After dinner, a few of us went shopping in the old city of Jerusalem. So fun!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jaffa Gate?? It was a locked gate, that only I can get in...HA!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A very nice man who helped me buy a special silver necklace for my sister!</span></td></tr>
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<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-32708685189672390472017-04-25T06:36:00.002-07:002017-05-06T05:08:02.186-07:00DAY 8 - "The Holy City"<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jerusalem and MORE!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we left early on the bus, our guide talked about Jerusalem and the various gates and history of the holy city. I had read several books preparing me for this trip, but nothing could compare with actually being here.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><b>The Mount of Olives</b></span>, one of three hills on a long ridge to the east of Jerusalem, is the location of many biblical events: <span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>King David</b></span> fled over the Mount of Olives to escape when his son Absalom rebelled (2 Samuel 15:30). After <span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>King Solomon</b></span> turned away from God, he built <b>pagan</b> temples there for the gods of his foreign wives (1 Kings 11:7-8). <span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b> Ezekiel</b></span> had a <b>vision</b> of “the glory of the Lord” ascending from the city and stopping on the Mount of Olives (Ezekiel 11:23). <span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>Zechariah</b></span> prophesied that in the final victory of the forces of good over the forces of evil, the <b>Lord</b> <b>of hosts</b> would “stand on the Mount of Olives” and the mount would be “split in two from east to west” (Zechariah 14:3-4).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking down to Jerusalem from the top of the Mount we see the beautiful gold dome of the "Holy Sepulchre." We'll go there later.</span></td></tr>
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Jesus often traveled over the Mount of Olives on the 40-minute walk from the Temple to Bethany. He also went there to pray or to rest.
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He went down the mount on his triumphal entry to Jerusalem on <span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Palm Sunday</b></span>, on the way weeping over the city’s future destruction (Luke 19:29-44).<br />
He addressed his disciples on the mount and foretold his<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"> <b>Second Coming</b> </span>(Matthew 24:27-31).<br />
He <b><span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">prayed</span></b> there with his disciples the night before he was arrested (Matthew 26:30-56). He also <span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><b>ascended</b> </span>into heaven from there (Acts 1:1-12).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="_Tgc">The Jewish <b>Cemetery</b> on the <b>Mount of Olives</b>, is the most ancient (3,000 years old) and most important <b>cemetery</b> in Jerusalem.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The little teardrop Church of Dominus Flevit, halfway down the western slope of the Mount of Olives, recalls Jesus weeping over the future fate of Jerusalem.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">GETHSEMANE - <span style="font-size: small;">( lyrics by Jenny Phillips) My grandchildren LOVE this song!</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Jesus climbed the hill <br />
To the garden still<br />
His steps were heavy and slow<br />
Love and a prayer<br />
Took Him there<br />
To the place only He could go</i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>
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Gethsemane<br />
Jesus loves me<br />
So He went willingly<br />
To Gethsemane</span>
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He felt all that was sad, wicked or bad<br />
All the pain we would ever know<br />
While His friends were asleep<br />
He fought to keep<br />
His promise made long ago<br />
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Gethsemane<br />
Jesus loves me<br />
So He went willingly<br />
To Gethsemane<br />
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The hardest thing That ever was done<br />
The greatest pain that ever was known<br />
The biggest battle that ever was won<br />
This was done by Jesus.<br />
The fight was won by Jesus.<br />
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Gethsemane<br />
Jesus loves me<br />
So he gave His gift to me<br />
In Gethsemane<br />
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Gethsemane<br />
Jesus loves me<br />
So he gives His gift to me<br />
From Gethsemane
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<span style="font-size: large;">The garden of Gethsemane, near the foot of the Mount of Olives is the place where Jesus went with his disciples to <b>pray</b> the night before he was crucified. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><i>Mark 14: 32:</i> "And they came
to a place which was named <b>Gethsemane</b>: and he saith to his
disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray".</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The name in Hebrew means “oil press”. Oil is still pressed from the fruit of eight ancient and gnarled <b>olive trees</b> that give the garden a timeless character.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked Tal, our guide, if I could sing "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked." What the perfect place to sing it! Unfortunately, my friend didn't push the right button on my camera, so I don't have a recording. It was an amazing experience, though.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"I knelt today where Jesus knelt, where all alone he prayed."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I stand in awe with such a reverent feeling of love for my Savior and King.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">My Grandma Esther Olson and I used to sing this together. I can still hear her voice as she sang it - how special it is to know that someday I will see her again because of Christ's sacrifice in the Garden.</span></span><b><br /></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>In the Garden</b></span></span><br />
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1. I come to the garden alone
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while the dew is still on the roses,
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and the voice I hear falling on my ear,
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the Son of God discloses.
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And he walks with me, and he talks with me,
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and he tells me I am his own;
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and the joy we share as we tarry there,
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none other has ever known.
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2. He speaks, and the sound of his voice
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is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
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and the melody that he gave to me
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within my heart is ringing.
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3. I'd stay in the garden with him
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though the night around me be falling,
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but he bids me go; thru the voice of woe
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his voice to me is calling.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Gethsemane olives are possibly <b>descendants</b> of one
that was in the garden at the time of Christ. This is because when an
olive tree is cut down, shoots will come back from the roots to create a
new tree.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saint Stephen's Gate where Stephen (one of Jesus' disciples) was stoned to death. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Basilica of Agony</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"> A Catholic Franciscan church, one
of the most magnificent churches in the Holy Land. It was begun in 1919, after the Byzantine Church by Antonio Barluzzi and finished five years later.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">This painting illustrates the story of
the prayer in the garden and the betrayal: Peter, John and James are
seen on the left side, since they waited nearby while Jesus prayed.
The priests and soldiers and the torch holder are on the right side.
Judas is seen kissing Jesus on his cheek, a sign for the Roman soldiers to
pick him up. The Latin text under the painting is from Matthew 26:50</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;">Jesus, Peter, James, and John retire to the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus
submits to the Father's will and begins to suffer for the sins and
afflictions of mankind. </span><br />
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here weeping on the rock between the olive trees, after visualizing
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the floor of the hall lays a flat rock.
According to tradition, this is the <span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b>Holy Rock of Agony</b></span>, where Jesus
conducted his prayer. I laid my hand on the rock and said a little prayer.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time to go to <span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Jerusalem</b></span></span><br />
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The Old City covers about 220 acres. The surrounding walls date to the rule of the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent. (1520-1566). Work began on them in 1537 and wasn't completed until 1541.<br />
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The best way to follow the <span style="background-color: yellow;"><b><i><b>Via Dolorosa</b></i>, or "Way of Suffering"</b></span>, is to
enter Lion's Gate (St. Stephen's Gate) from the eastern side of the City
(beside the Temple Mount). This is the route some Christians believe Jesus
traveled carrying the cross from his trial to the place of his
crucifixion and burial. The 14 stations commemorate incidents along the
way. The first seven stations wind through the Muslim Quarter. The last
five are in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The tradition of following the Via Dolorosa dates to the Byzantine period. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB">All of Jerusalem’s refuse and rubbish was taken out through the dung
gate, down to the valley of Hinnom, where it would be burned. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(This is the most likely place, but we don't don't for sure.)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: lime;">Station I </span></b>-- The place where Pontius Pilate's judgment hall once stood and Jesus was condemned to death. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;"><b>Herod the Great's Palace,</b></span> which dominated the Upper City. The remains of the Citadel
complex, with its Tower of David (erected long after King David’s time),
are just inside the present Jaffa Gate.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Station II</b></span> -- <span style="background-color: magenta;"><b>The Monastery of the Flagellation</b></span> where Jesus was given the cross.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes! Grandma....I am in our special Holy City!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Station III</b></span> -- The spot where Jesus fell under the weight of the cross for the first time.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Station IV</b></span> -- Where Mary came out of the crowd to see her son.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The stone relief marking the Station is over the <b>doorway</b>
to the courtyard of an Armenian Catholic church. In the crypt are a
strikingly attractive adoration chapel and part of a mosaic floor from a
5th-century church. In the centre of the mosaic is depicted a pair of
sandals, said to represent the spot where the suffering Mary was
standing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Station V </b></span>-- Simon the Cyrene was taken out of the crowd by the Romans to help Jesus carry the cross.</span><br />
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Stone in wall, said to bear the imprint of Jesus’ hand </h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">A stone in the wall is said to bear the imprint of Jesus' hand. WOW!</span></td></tr>
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The Franciscan chapel here, dedicated to Simon the Cyrenian, is on
the site of the Franciscans’ first house in Jerusalem, in 1229. The lintel over a doorway bears a <b>Latin inscriptio</b>n marking the site where Simon, a visitor from present-day Libya, became involved in Jesus’ Passion.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Station VI </b></span>-- Recalls the tradition of Veronica stepping up to Jesus and wiping his face. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The face of Jesus was imprinted on the cloth she used to wipe it. A cloth
described as Veronica’s veil is reported to have been kept in St
Peter’s Basilica in Rome since the 8th century.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;">Station VII</span> -- Where Jesus fell for the second time.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The position of this Station marks the <b>western boundary</b> of Jerusalem in Jesus’ time. It is believed he left the city here, through the Garden Gate, on his way to Calvary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Station VIII</b></span> -- The place where Jesus consoled the women of Jerusalem.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the wall of a Greek Orthodox monastery, beneath the number marker is a <b>carved stone</b>, It has a Latin cross flanked by the
Greek letters -meaning “Jesus Christ conquers”).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Station IX</b></span> -- Where Jesus fell for the third time.</span></td></tr>
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To the left of the pillar by Station IX is a terrace that is the roof of the Chapel of St. Helen in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Here, in a cluster of primitive cells, live a community of Ethiopian Orthodox monks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Church of the Redeemer Bell Tower seen from the roof of the Holy Sepulchre</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Going up a steep staircase one comes to the Altar of Calvary, which rises above the rock on which Jesus’ cross was raised.<br />The
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<br /><br />The chapel belongs to the Greek Orthodox and is decorated with lamps and candles according to their tradition.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Station XIV</b></span> -- The tomb of Jesus.</span></td></tr>
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Under a decree called the Status Quo imposed by the Ottoman Turks in 1757, ownership of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is shared between the <b>Greek</b> <b>Orthodox</b>, <b>Catholics</b> (known in the Holy Land as Latins) and <b>Armenian Orthodox</b>.
Three minor communities, Coptic, Syriac and Ethiopian Orthodox, have
rights to use certain areas. All the churches jealously guard their
rights.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The wooden <b>ladder</b> leaning against a window ledge has been there since early in the 18th century. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of the original Roman pillars</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Zion's Gate constructed by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1540.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;"><b>Western Wall</b> or <b>Wailing Wall</b></span> is an ancient limestone wall. <span style="color: #351c75;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"></span>It is the most holy place accessible to the Jewish people
because of Muslim control of the Temple Mount. It was built by Herod the Great as
the retaining wall of the Temple Mount complex. The plaza was created
as an area for prayer when Israel captured the Old City in 1967. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I put a little piece of paper with a prayer in one of the cracks</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because of the<span style="background-color: white;"><b> status quo
policy</b></span>, the Wall is the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray,
though it is not the holiest site in the Jewish faith, which lies
behind it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three times a day the Jewish people pray (morning, afternoon, evening)
and they do so with phylacteries tied around their forehead and wrist
and with the white and blue prayer shawls.</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At
times tens of thousands of people gather here for prayer.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the holiest sites for Jews is the building on Mount Zion known as the <span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><b>Tomb of King David</b></span> — the celebrated Old Testament <b>warrior king</b> of Israel who is traditionally credited with composing many of the Psalms.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">King David's Tomb</span></td></tr>
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David’s <b>death</b> at the end of his 40-year reign is
recorded in 1 Kings 2:10: “Then David slept with his ancestors and was
buried in the city of David.”<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">David and his harp</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Original pillar inscription - very Christian (pelican beak)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">People just park on the curbs to come to Jerusalem</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Panoramic View from the Church of St. Peter</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another photo of beautiful Mount of Olives and the BYU Jerusalem Center on the top left</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="color: black;">Next stop</span> - House of Caiaphas </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On its roof rises a golden<b> rooster</b> atop a black cross —
recalling Christ’s prophesy that Peter would deny him three times
“before the cock crows”. Galli-cantu means cockcrow in Latin.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: large;">Church of St Peter in Gallicantu</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">According to tradition, this was the
place of the palace of high priest Caiaphas.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Mark 14: 72:</i> "And the second time the <b>cock crew</b>. And Peter called to mind the word
that Jesus said unto him, Before the <b>cock</b> <b>crow twice</b>, thou shalt
deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept".</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Praying in the pit under St. Peter's church</span></td></tr>
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The <b>prisoner’s cell</b> offers a sobering insight into
where Christ might have spent the night before he was crucified. It has
become known as “Christ’s Prison”.
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The only access to the bottle-necked cell was through a shaft from
above, so the prisoner would have been lowered and raised by means of a <b>rope</b> <b>harness</b>. A mosaic depicting Jesus in such a harness is outside on the south wall of the church.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of us went to dinner in a beautiful setting...Petra Gardens</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had pita bread beforehand with a wonderful spread of typical Mediterranean salads, hummus, and vegetables.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dessert was Baklava</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Night Spectacular</b></span> <i>was a 45-minute light-and-sound display using the walls
beneath the Tower of David as a backdrop. It's hard to fully
conceive of what a titanic expanse of age-old monolithic city wall looks
like when used as backdrop for the movies until you've seen it done.
The moving images, sent from 20 projectors and two projection rooms, told a wordless, politically neutral pictorial tale of the history of
Jerusalem from the time of the Israelite kings down almost to the
present day. There were reenactments of the deeds of David, the Romans, the monks, Muhammad, the
Crusaders, Suleiman the Magnificent and the rest of the historical
family. The action hums along with music by French
composer Etienne Perruchon.</i><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> It was better than any fireworks
show!</span></b></span><br />
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Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-80442286278011589912017-04-21T08:56:00.001-07:002017-06-25T16:45:54.205-07:00DAY 7 - "You Want 6 Nativity Sets?"<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Oh Little Town of Bethlehem"</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> "In the Garden"</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> "He is Risen" </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> "Arise O Jerusalem" </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it possible that I really woke up this morning in Jerusalem?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: large;">1st stop - <b>The Garden Tomb of Jesus</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a
Skull, which is called in Hebrew, <span style="color: red;"><b>Golgotha</b></span>, where they crucified Him,
and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: yellow;">JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. <br /><br />
~John 19:17-19</span></b></center>
<span style="font-size: large;">There has been some discrepancy over where Jesus Christ's tomb was and where he arose from the dead. We had a Swedish Christian Guide for this site that had some helpful insight into this question.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look closely at the rock formation - looks like that of a skull - right?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He showed us a better photo from the side we could not get to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the traditional location many
scholars believe Jesus was crucified, others think it was possibly a
hillside adjacent to the Garden Tomb and for good reason. </span><br />
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Golgotha is on the top of a hill right outside the city walls and the
small natural caves give it an appearance of a man’s skull. As early as
1842 Otto Thenius, a German Theologian, proposed the idea that the
outcropping of rock known today as "Skull Hill" could possibly be
significant in the identification of the site of the crucifixion
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful old Olive Tree and gardens that surround the Tomb of Jesus</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Excavations in the area of the Garden Tomb have revealed evidence that
it was, indeed, an ancient garden—not of flowers, but of fruits. A
wine press discovered in 1924 can be seen at the site today, along with
three cisterns, one of which has a capacity of 200,000 gallons of water.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Latter-day Saints have an additional insight into the sacredness of the
Garden Tomb. President Harold B. Lee was the first prophet of God
holding the keys and powers of the presidency of the holy priesthood to
visit Jerusalem since Peter walked the city’s streets nearly nineteen
centuries earlier. Detailing the feelings and impressions he had during
his visit to the Holy Land, President Lee gave special emphasis to the
significance of the site. “Something seemed to impress us as we stood
there,” he said, “that <b>this was the holiest place of all</b>, and we fancied
we could have witnessed the dramatic scene that took place there.” (<span class="emphasis">Ensign,</span> Apr. 1972, p. 6.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a photo from an article all about the Garden Tomb. VERY interesting!</span><br />
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https://www.lds.org/ensign/1983/04/the-garden-tomb?lang=eng<br />
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My favorite Easter song -<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Christ the Lord is Risen Today</span></b></span><br />
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<li> Christ the Lord is ris'n today,
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Alleluia!</div>
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Sons of men and angels say,</div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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Raise your joys and triumphs high,</div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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Sing, ye heav'ns, and earth reply,</div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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Love's redeeming work is done,</div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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Fought the fight, the vict'ry won, </div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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Jesus' agony is o'er,<br />
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Alleluia!</div>
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Darkness veils the earth no more,</div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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<li> Lives again our glorious King,
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Alleluia!</div>
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Where, O death, is now thy sting?</div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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Once he died our souls to save,</div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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Where thy victory, O grave?</div>
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Alleluia!</div>
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elaborate of these, having been painted on the wall, have faded since
the tomb’s discovery. Others—both painted and carved—remain, as does a
large embossed plaster cross in the larger cistern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The biblical tomb had belonged to Joseph of Arimathaea. In the years to
come, evidence was uncovered that the Garden Tomb was, indeed, a Jewish
tomb of the first century which had never been completed. It also
conformed to the biblical description because it was located in the
midst of a garden and near the proposed place of execution. I feel confident that this was indeed the place where Jesus was buried and on the 3rd day, rose from the dead. What a wonderful feeling to be here during the beautiful time of Easter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The charming village of <span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"><b>Ein Karem,</b></span> situated on the western slopes of
Jerusalem, is a popular destination for both pilgrims and locals alike. The site is known as far back as the time of the prophet Jeremiah, who
exhorted the children of the tribe of Benjamin to “set up a signal-fire
in Beit ha-Kerem” as foreign invaders were approaching Jerusalem
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<span style="font-size: large;">The two main sites in Ein Karem are linked to the understanding that Zechariah and Elizabeth had <b>two houses</b>. </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Their usual residence was in the valley. But a cooler <b>summer house</b>, high on a hillside, allowed them to escape the heat and humidity.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The summer house is believed to be where the pregnant Elizabeth “remained in <b>seclusion</b> for five months” (Luke 1:24) and where Mary visited her.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The song of
thanksgiving that Zechariah said when John was born, the Benedictus (Luke
1:68-79) in 24 languages.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Inside the church is a cave which is traditionally identified
as the birthplace of John. The cave used to be a part of John’s home and belonged to his parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the cave is a painting of the Baptism of Jesus by John the
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the Jordan river. John performs an important ritual : announcing that Jesus
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“But the angel said to him: ‘Do not be
afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will
bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John…<br />
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And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to
turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to
the wisdom of the righteous–to make ready a people prepared for the
Lord.” LUKE 1:13-17 <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The inscription above the entrance reads in
Latin a part of Zacharias blessing (from Luke - "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed
his people"). The cave is thus named as the Grotto of Benedictus, meaning
the song (or canticle) of Zecharias.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The church and monastery was
built over the ruins of ancient layers - Herodian, Roman,
Byzantine and Crusaders. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The daughter of Herodias, wife of Herod Antipas, holding
the charger (plate) to receive his head and show it to her mother. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">16th c. painting of the be-heading of John - just an awful event from the Bible</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We took a little stroll to the next two important sites in Ein Karem.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our view along the way across the valley.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ein Karem means spring of the vineyard. It is also known as <b><span style="background-color: yellow;">Mary’s
Spring</span></b>, because, according to tradition, Mary stopped here to drink while visiting her cousin, Elizabeth. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The spring was the nucleus of the Canaanite city in the Bronze period, and its
waters were used as the main source of water for thousands of years since then. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A mosque, whose tower rises above the
structure of the spring, was built over Mary's spring in the 2nd half of
the 19th C. The structure has three domes above a prayer
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<span style="font-size: large;">A short walk from the spring leads to the Franciscan<span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;"><b> Church of the
Visitation</b></span>, commemorating Mary’s visit to Elizabeth. </span> <span style="font-size: large;">The site is also attributed to John the Baptist's parental summer
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<span style="font-size: large;">We saw beautiful flowers, trees, and scenery as we walked up the hill.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">People from all over the world come here to these Holy sites.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such a beautiful view of the valley below.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land purchased the plot of land with the ruined Crusader complex in 1679,
but only began reconstruction of the lower level of the church in 1862.
Design and construction of the upper level of the structure began in
1938, and was completed by Italian architect <b>Antonio Barluzzi</b> in 1955, </span><span style="font-size: large;">who designed many other churches in the Holy Land during the 20th century.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The famous Church of the Visitation.</span></td></tr>
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In the courtyard, we were greeted by one of the Church’s
most beloved hymns, Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55), which she prayed
when she met Elizabeth, now written in no less than 47 languages on the
wall facing the church. It celebrated the movement Elizabeth felt in her womb when Mary came to visit her.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary is on the left and her cousin, Elizabeth on the right.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the church’s facade, a beautiful mosaic depicts Mary on a donkey,
escorted by angels, on her way from Nazareth to the hill country of
Judea, where Ein Karem is situated (Luke 1:39).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Inside the lower chapel,
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lower church contains a narrow medieval barrel-vaulted crypt ending
with a well-head from which, according to tradition, Elizabeth and her
infant drank. The well is connected to a Roman or Byzantine overflow
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entrance of the medieval crypt is said to mark the site where the
mountain opened up to hide Elizabeth and the infant John from Herod's soldiers - this is the <b><span style="background-color: #bf9000;">"Rock of Concealment".</span></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Onward to Bethlehem - we had to go through a checkpoint, where our guide was not allowed to go. We are now in an occupied Palestinian territory - OPT.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">View down below the city of <span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Bethlehem</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Located in the West Bank with population of 25,000</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="full-answer-content">In 2013, the United Nations recognized
Palestine as a non-member observer state. Prior to becoming a part of
the Palestinian National Authority, Bethlehem was under the control of
the nation of Israel when that country occupied the West Bank. The first
historical references to a town of Bethlehem date back to 1400 B.C.E.
Located directly south of Jerusalem, Bethlehem is important to three of
the world's major religions,:<span style="background-color: yellow;"> Christianity, Judaism and Islam.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bethlehem means "House of Bread."</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Only 18% of Bethlehem is currently Christian. Most are Muslims. 90% of their economy is based on tourism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Church of the Nativity </b></span>- one of my most "looked forward to" sites is</span><span style="font-size: large;"> the <b>oldest</b> church in the Christian world. It was built by the emperor
Justinian in the 6th century. It replaced the original church of Constantine the Great, built over the cave of Christ’s birthplace, and dedicated in AD 339.</span><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before Constantine, the first Christian emperor, the Romans had tried to wipe out the <b>memory</b> of the cave. They planted a grove dedicated to the pagan god Adonis, lover of Venus, and established his cult in the cave.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">As St. Jerome wrote in AD 395, “The earth’s most sacred spot was <b>overshadowed</b> by the grave of Adonis, and the cave where the infant Christ once wept was where the paraur of Venus was bewailed.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Entering the church that marks the site of <b>Christ’s birthplace</b> means having to stoop low. The only doorway in the fortress-like front wall is less than 4 feet high.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Persians invaded Palestine in 614 and destroyed many churches. They <b>spared</b> the Church of the Nativity when they saw a mosaic on an interior wall depicting the Three Wise Men in Persian dress.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The church is administered jointly by<b><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"> Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Armenian Apostolic, and Syriac Orthodox Churches.</span></b> All four traditions maintain monastic communities on the
site. As a result, however, there have been repeated brawls among monk
trainees over quiet respect for others' prayers, hymns and even the
division of floor space for cleaning duties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We saw a couple different worship services going on at the time we went through. </span><br />
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As the ornamentation, icons and lamps in the front of the church suggest, the basilica is now almost wholly a <b>Greek Orthodox</b>
place of worship. The Armenian Orthodox own the northern transept. The
Catholics have the site of the manger and the adjoining altar next to
the Nativity grotto.<br />
So while Christians in the Western world are celebrating <b>Christ’s birthday</b>
on December 25, the church at his birthplace still has 13 days to wait
for the Orthodox observance on January 7 and a further 12 days for the
Armenian Christmas.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I had such a wonderful feeling as I entered the cave - to be where the Christ Child was born, to feel His spirit, to know that He is my Saviour, and King. Unbelievable feelings of inadequacy and awe filled my being!</i></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is where it is said that Mary and Joseph kept the baby Jesus after he was born. It was just on the other side of the wall - not far from his actual birth.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I pause for refection in the traditional place of Christ's birth</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many like to kneel and worship this spot.</span></td></tr>
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The <span style="background-color: #e69138;"><b>Church of St Catherine</b></span> is the <b>parish church</b> for Bethlehem’s Catholics. It is also often used by groups of pilgrims. <br />
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This 19th-century church adjoins the 6th-century Church of the Nativity, built over the cave where Jesus was born. It even shares a wall with the Nativity church.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And who was <b>St Catherine</b> of Alexandria? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to the traditional story, this early 4th-century martyr<a href="http://www.seetheholyland.net/glossary/#martyr"><b></b></a>
from Egypt was of noble birth and well educated. At the age of 18, she
challenged the emperor Maxentius for persecuting Christians and worshipping false gods.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">The enraged emperor ordered her to be tortured on a <b>wheel</b>
— hence the term “Catherine wheel”. But when Catherine touched the
wheel, it broke. She was then beheaded and tradition says angels carried
her body to Mount Sinai, where in the 6th century a church and monastery were built in her honour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Bethlehem church dedicated to St Catherine was built in 1882 on the ruins of the Crusader church and <b>monastery</b> belonging to the Augustinians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A narrow stairway by the nave leads down into a <b>complex</b> of caves and rock-cut chambers.</span><br />
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to take the Holy Family to Egypt; and the Chapel of the Holy Innocents,
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It's a MUST to get Nativity Sets only from Bethlehem, where the artisans make them out of olive wood, so the tour group stopped at the Holy Land Canavati Store.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So many dressings, sauces, and hummus.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Israel’s culinary traditions comprise foods and cooking methods that
span 3,000 years of history. Over that time, these traditions
have been shaped by influences from Asia, Africa and Europe, and
religious and ethnic influences have resulted in a culinary melting pot.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Salads are great, but rarely do they include leafy greens.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many vegetables and hummus</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">This post is all about the food in both Israel and Jordan. We had both breakfast and dinner at the </span>various hotels we stayed at. Lunch was on our own, but like I said earlier, most of my lunches were simple as I usually didn't eat with the group. I may have mixed up the times we ate during Passover and had kosher food, but I've tried to keep them straight. I didn't take many photos during the Passover because, to tell you the truth, they got boring and were all the same. I will try and explain how the Jewish people eat during that time.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The food of the ancient Israelites was based on several products that still play important roles in modern Israeli cuisine. These were known as the 7 species: olives, figs, dates, pomegranates, wheat, barley and grapes. The diet, based on locally grown produce, was enhanced by imported
spices, readily available due to the country’s position at the
crossroads of east-west trade routes.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Breakfast Time</span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love to start with some fruit</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gotta have a couple of sweet pastries</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Various spreads to add to the dishes</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Raw fish for breakfast? Raw fish anytime? Eeww!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Different types of eggs, but you can always have an egg dish cooked in front of you, however you'd like.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cheeses galore (I only tried a couple the whole time I was in the Holy Land. I know, I'm crazy!</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beginning with the first Aliyah in 1881, Jews began immigrating to the area from Eastern Europe in larger numbers, particularly from Poland and Russia. Vegetables such as zucchini, peppers, eggplant, artichoke, and chickpeas became a staple in their diet. The bread, olives, cheese and raw vegetables they adopted became the
basis for the <span style="background-color: lime;"><b>kibbutz breakfast,</b></span> which in more abundant forms is served
in Israeli hotels, and in various forms in most Israeli homes today</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eggplant is in many dishes - I love that!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My friend, Dan, loves the bread bar. For a week we won't have it, however - it is almost Passover time and it's forbidden!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;"><b>Dinner time</b></span> and I start out with a salad plate - tastes from several dishes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So many choices!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Topping for the salad - flattened, herb dried bread....very good!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lots of varieties of olives - Tyler....you would like this!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Israeli eating customs also conform to the wider Mediterranean region,
with lunch, rather than dinner, being the focal meal of a regular
workday. “Kibbutz foods” have been adopted by many Israelis for their
light evening meals as well as breakfasts, and may consist of various
types of cheeses, both soft and hard, yogurt, labne
and sour cream, vegetables and salads, olives, hard-boiled eggs or
omelets, pickled and smoked herring, a variety of breads, and fresh
orange juice and coffee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Passover was from Mon, April 10 through Tues, April 18. When we went to Jordan on the 13th, we no longer had to think of Passover because most everyone was either Islam or Christian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 400;">Passover: </span><br />
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<li class="_AXc"><span style="font-size: large;">The Traditional Foods of Passover. Seder Plate. ... </span></li>
<li class="_AXc"><span style="font-size: large;">Wine.
Four glasses of kosher red wine are required at the Passover Seder,
each symbolizing one of the four promises made by God. ... </span></li>
<li class="_AXc"><span style="font-size: large;">No Grains That Ferment. The five that are excluded are wheat, rye, oats, barley and spelt. ... </span></li>
<li class="_AXc"><span style="font-size: large;">Matzo.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At a kibbutz lunch, we had a large salad bar, then these sauces were put out for us to use on flat bread. Very tasty!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Main dish was Falafel - fried chickpeas...so very tasty!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right about here is when we had some pretty boring, tasteless meals. <span style="background-color: cyan;"><b> Passover</b></span> is observed for seven days in
Israel and eight days in the Diaspora. During Passover, the Jewish
kosher laws become a lot more challenging. Leavened and fermented grain
products are prohibited to commemorate freedom from Egyptian
slavery. When the Jews escaped Egypt (led by Moses), they didn’t have
time to let their breads rise before going into the desert. Because of
this, any type of leavened bread or bread product is prohibited during
Passover. These leavened products, known as <i>chametz</i>, include
certain grain-based foods like breads, pasta, pastries, breadcrumbs,
crackers, etc. Unleavened bread, aka “matzo,” traditionally takes the
place of chametz during Passover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And for dessert - various dishes which were so great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Joanne was observing Lent, so she gave up something - SWEETS! I admired her for it, knowing that I never could. She never ate anything sweet until Easter - WAY TO GO, Joanne!</span><br />
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;">Kosher means “fit” or “proper”– a concept associated with cleanliness, purity and extra supervision. </b>Kosher observance is a historical, communal, and personal commitment,
and a connection to the will of the Creator. To those who observe
kosher, its concepts also offer reminders of lessons in kindness and
sensitivity to animals, attention to detail in everyday matters,
self-control, and thinking before acting.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> I LOVE the whole theme and philosophy of "Kosher" - we can all learn from it! </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">- kosher menus separate dairy from meat products. It is
interesting to learn that iron and calcium are
not absorbed well when ingested together.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-the mandatory salting and rinsing of meat and poultry, has been studied
for its ability to reduce bacteria under certain
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bible tells us what types of
animals, fish, and fowl are permitted — so it seems that all we have to
do is buy a chicken or a side of beef, and it will be kosher. However,
there is a bit more to it. We have to make sure that ALL the
requirements of the Torah are met before we can call a food kosher.
These requirements are different, depending on the food product
involved.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s take meat for an example.
First, meat has to come from a kosher animal source. It’s pretty well
known that beef is a kosher animal source, and pigs are not. But after
the cow is selected, it needs to be checked for overall health. Then it
must be slaughtered according to the Torah guidelines by a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">shochet</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a specialized rabbi, for internal signs of ill health. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">If the animal passes the test, then
the blood must be removed from the meat, since the Torah does not allow
the blood to be eaten. This has to be done within a certain time limit.
Once the meat is cut into pieces, it will be rinsed, salted, and
rinsed again.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Only after all of these steps are taken properly, can the meat from this cow be called “kosher”.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We stayed at the Marriott Hotels while in Jordan - they went out of their way!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy all my photos of the food. The cooks and servers always smiled when I entered the dining hall as they knew I was there at the beginning of the line to get photos. I couldn't leave any out, so there are MANY!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will have our special Easter meal later on the post for Day 15. But for now - drool as you read this. As for me, I will look forward to my usual oatmeal for breakfast (which I really missed, by the way), large fresh salad (from our garden) for lunch - which I also missed, and beans for dinner (which I haven't missed! - sorry Rich!)</span><br />
<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-28991966218156380042017-04-18T03:08:00.001-07:002017-04-18T06:43:02.092-07:00DAY 6 - "Feed My Lambs, Tend My Sheep"<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mount of the Beatitudes, Tabgha, Walking on Water, Baptismal Site and so much more!</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="background-color: #93c47d;"><b>Mount of Beatitudes,</b></span> the setting for Jesus’ most famous discourse, the <b>Sermon on</b> <b>the Mount</b>, is one of the most beautifully serene places in the Holy Land.</span><br />
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Overlooking the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, it offers an enchanting <b>vista</b> of the northern part of the lake and across to the cliffs of the Golan Heights on the other side.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The exact site of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:28) is unknown. Pilgrims <b>commemorate</b>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The eight <b>sides</b> represent the eight beatitudes </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The discourse was intended for the nation of Israel, the crowds who had
been flocking to Jesus. But it was delivered immediately to the
disciples. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The sermon begins with the beatitudes. Each saying is proverb-like and full of meaning. Each one includes a topic that forms a major biblical theme. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Church of the Beatitudes (1938)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The fantastic, phenomenal FOURSOME!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The centrally placed altar is surmounted by a slender arch of alabaster and onyx. Around it, the seven <b>virtues</b> (justice, charity, prudence, faith, fortitude, hope and temperance) are depicted by symbols in the mosaic floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Beatitudes are so beautiful - some of my most favorite scripture from the Saviour! If we will only heed them all, we can truly live a life that our Heavenly Father has promised us - blessings beyond measure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The
current church sits near the ruins of a small Byzantine era church dating to
the late 4th century, which contains a rock-cut cistern beneath it and the
remains of a small monastery to its southeast. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was so serene, standing in this sacred place, looking at the beautiful grounds and large trees. Can I stay here for a L-O-N-G time?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the blessings are listed along the pathway, but this is one of my favorites.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On to the next site - <span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">Tabgha</span>, which means "Spring of Seven" in Hebrew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It is traditionally accepted as the place of the miracle of the <span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">multiplication of the loaves and fishes</span>. (Mark 6:30-46) </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tal, our guide, explains about this Gethsemane Oil Press</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first pressed olive oil goes to the church in Jerusalem and the rest went to the public.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The earliest building at Tabgha was a small chapel built around 350 AD by the Jewish convert to Christianity, Joseph of Tiberias.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the best photo I could get of the beautiful mosaic under the altar.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...but here is one I found on the internet!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><b>Church of the Primacy of St. Pete</b>r</span>,
just south of the Church of the Multiplication, was built on rocks at
the shore of the Sea of Galilee, traditionally considered to be the
place where Jesus appeared the fourth time after his resurrection (John 21: 1-24), during which, according to Catholic teaching, Jesus again conferred "primacy on Simon Peter." (reinstatement as Chief among the Apostles).</span> <br />
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First mentioned in the year 808 are the "Twelve Thrones", a series
of heart shaped stones, which were placed along the shore to commemorate
the Twelve Apostles. The church survived longer than any other in the
area, finally being destroyed in 1263.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These white stones are said to have come from Capernaum</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The steps are said to have led down to the Sea, but the water level has dropped substantially today.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm walking on water, like Jesus did in days of yore.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The modern structure was built in 1933 and incorporates parts of an
earlier 4th century church. At the base of its walls, opposite the main
altar, foundations of this ancient church are still visible.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone thought I was a bit crazy to go wading in the Sea of Galilee - why would I NOT?!!</span></td></tr>
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According to Luke's Gospel, when Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been killed, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place near Bethsaida.
The crowds followed Jesus on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and
saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As
evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a
remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so
they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We know the rest of the story - <span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;"><b>Feeding the 5,000</b></span> or more1</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Feed My Sheep" (John 21:17) - Jesus talking to Peter</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The church contains a projection of limestone rock in front of the present altar which is venerated as a <i>"Mensa Christi"</i>, Latin for <i>table of Christ</i>.
According to tradition this is the spot where Jesus is said to have
laid out a breakfast of bread and fish for the Apostles, and told Peter to <i>"Feed my sheep"</i> after the miraculous catch. It is disputed whether this table, or the one enshrined at the Church of the Multiplication, is the one mentioned by the pilgrim Egeria in her narrative of the Holy Land around 380 AD. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thousands of people came to be with Jesus to hear him speak</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 614 every church in this area was destroyed by the Persians...all Christian activity ceased.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">"The Persian conquest of Palestine is described
in historical sources as a most violent military raid that
dramatically affected the political and administrative stability of
Byzantine Palestine, involving large scale damage to churches and a
mass killing of the local Christian population. Common view has it
that the conquest marked a turning point in the history of the Near
East and was one of the causes for the rapid Early Islamic conquests,
twenty years later. Although the Persian domination - lasting only 14
years (614-628), was a very brief episode in the long historical
sequence of Palestine, it was believed that the devastating effects
of the conquest changed the urban and rural landscape of the country
for many years to come. " (Gideon Avni)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our guide pointed out the Jordan River -whhooahh! It looks more like an irrigation ditch in Idaho! Evidently, it used to be larger, but not like we all imagine. Crazy!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our 1st siting of the River Jordan</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another grove of Olive trees along our route</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Herodium</b> is a truncated cone-shaped hill, located south of Jerusalem and southeast of Bethlehem in the Judean Desert. Herod the Great built a palace fortress and a small town at Herodium, between 23 and 15 and it's believed to have been buried there. Herodium is 2500 feet above sea level, the highest peak in the desert. </span><sup><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></sup><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to Christian tradition, the Baptism of Jesus (Matthew, 3: 13-17) took place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasr_el_Yahud" title="Qasr el Yahud">Qasr el Yahud</a> (arabic), north of the Dead Sea and east of Jericho.
For centuries, it was the most important baptism site for
pilgrims, and monasteries and guest houses were established near it. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">After the Six-Day War, Qasr el Yahud fell under occupation. Due to military activity and excavations, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism established Yardenit in 1981 as an alternative pilgrimage site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #9fc5e8;"><b>Yardenit</b></span> became the first regulated baptism site on the Israeli side of the river. Qasr el Yahud reopened in 2011. <i><b> I will be posting our visit from there on both Day 14 - Good Friday and Day 16 - Easter from Jordan on my blog soon!</b></i></span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Yardenit Baptismal Site currently averages 400,000 visitors a year and attracts members of all faiths.</span></td></tr>
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I walked to the right after we got into the site, while others walked to the left (the more touristy part). I enjoyed a very serene and quiet part of the river where I video of me singing a Primary Song from the LDS church. I will post that in the next blog.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I walked on alone, thinking about all that my Saviour has done for me. It was such a beautiful day and I am so lucky to here and to have been born at this time here on Earth. How can I thank HIM enough for all my many blessings?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You can buy a little glass jar and fill it up with the holy water from the same river that our Lord and Saviour was baptized. So I did it!</span><br />
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Sometime during this day, we had lunch, but after the first two days of spending $15-$20 for lunch, (it is not included in the tour), I decided to just save a piece of fruit from breakfast and a piece of bread or hard-boiled egg to eat for MY lunch. It saved time, $$, and calories!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So many things to see here in Israel. Our next stop is<u> <span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"></span><a class="internal" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/He-Bet_Shean.ogg" title="He-Bet Shean.ogg"><b>Beit She'an</b></a></span></span> </u>which has played historically an important role due to its geographical location, at the junction of the Jordan River Valley and the Jezreel Valley. </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ancient city ruins are now protected within a national park, known as <b>Bet She'an National Park</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It is located on a prime
location - in the center of major ancient crossroads (North-South
connected Asia Minor to Egypt, and West-East connected the sea to Jordan and
Arabia)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Excavation results suggest that settlement began in the Late Neolithic period 5th-6th c. BC. Occupation continued intermittently up to 3200–3000, according to pottery finds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Canaanite graves dating from 2000 to 1600 BC were discovered here in 1926.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked our guide if I could run up to the top of the mountain while he was talking to everyone in the comfort of the large shade trees. I could tell they were going to be a while and I saw some inviting steps to the top. He said, "Sure, but to be quick and don't miss the bus!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span id="DeltaPlaceHolderMain"><b>Bet She'an Tel</b> - a
steep flight of stairs leads to the top of the Biblical tel. In the tel,
the remains of buildings from the period of Egyptian rule were found,
and a Crusader fortress. From the top of the mound is a
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another couple decided to go and tried to keep up with me - HA! When I got to the top, I did my operatic call and many below me heard it. What a view! But it took 20 minutes to climb (straight up), so we would have to hurry or possibly miss our ride.</span><span id="DeltaPlaceHolderMain"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ran quickly down and the group had only gotten to the 2nd site. We are amazing, aren't we? </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This explains baths in those days and the steam of how it is released, but I didn't get to hear the explanation as I was on top of the mountain!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The mighty Canaanite city was not
conquered by the Israelites (<i><a href="http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/BeitShean.html#Judges1">Judges 1: 27</a></i>:
"Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns").
Later, in the 11th century BC, King Saul's body was displayed on its walls after his
defeat by the Philistines (<a href="http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/BeitShean.html#Samuel31">1 Samuel 31 10</a>: "...and
they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan"). King Saul took his own life at the foot of Mt. Gilboa, where the city was.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you imagine the work involved in doing these carvings?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fallen columns from a large earthquake</span>.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Our guide said that Jesus most likely visited this place often during his ministry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Philistines came and cut off many heads and put them on display here in this ancient city. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We realized that we had missed seeing the amphitheater, so while the rest of the group was going to the buses, I ran down and sang part of an aria, which my friends recorded on their camera. </span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me count how much I LOVE singing in these theatres!!!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What else can we fit in one day? I know...Jerusalem - Let's go to JERUSALEM, the Holy City!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm so excited to see my 1st camels in the Holy Land.!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the gals in our group hops on.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To the tune of about $10</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ah! Here is a Bedouin establishment - <span class="_Tgc">they are traditionally pastoral nomadic Arab tribes living in the Negev region in <b>Israel</b>. </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To our right are the outskirts of Jerusalem</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fun to see the herds of sheep and goats along the way!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b><span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Lift up your gates and sing. Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna to your KING!"</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Mount of Olives on my right</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pinch me again PLEASE! Am I REALLY here?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My 1st glimpse of the BYU Jerusalem Center</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I never got a chance to actually go in and see the wonderful view from these windows, but I watched the video on their website....such a great story and mission they have here in Jerusalem.!!</span></td></tr>
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<i><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lloyd says I am like a loose cannon...some kind of term from the navy, I guess. I think it means that I don't always abide by the rules. I like to venture out and discover new territory and don't always comply. Is that a bad thing?</span></span></i>Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-39553337631443261492017-04-16T12:00:00.003-07:002017-04-17T21:48:51.159-07:00DAY 5 - "Let's Renew Marriage Vows at Cana"<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Tell Me the Stories of Jesus: <span style="color: #45818e;">Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum, Ancient Galilee Boat, Tiberias</span></b></span></span><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> One hour away from Tiberias is<b> <span style="background-color: cyan;">Nazareth</span></b>, our main destination today. Nazareth is the capital and the largest city in the Northern
District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". About 70% are Muslims, with only 30% Christians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <b>Church of the Annunciation</b> is the largest Catholic church in the Middle East. In Roman Catholic tradition, it marks the site where the Angel Gabriel announced the future birth of Jesus to Mary (Luke 1:26–31).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The towering cupola of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth stands over the <b>cave</b> that tradition holds to be the home of the Virgin Mary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nazareth is the childhood home of Jesus, and is a center of Christian pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical events.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The lower level of the Church of the Annunciation enshrines a sunken <b>grotto</b> that contains the traditional cave-home of the Virgin Mary.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The dome is like a lighthouse. "It brings you Home."</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The soaring cupola represents an inverted <b>lily</b> opening
its petals to the shrine below. The symbolism combines the lily, as an
image of Mary’s purity, with one of the Semitic meanings of the name
Nazareth, a flower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In front of the cave is another simple <b>altar</b>, with
tiers of seats around it on three sides. Above it, a large octagonal
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Mary's House, people from all over the worlds gave gifts of art. This church was built in 1961.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first church on the of Mary’s home was built around 427. The Crusaders built a huge basilica on its ruins, but this too was destroyed when the Crusader kingdom fell in 1187.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"><b>The Church of St. Joseph</b></span> was built in 1914 on the site of this Crusader church of the 12th century. The caves, granaries, and wells in the lower level was used by the early dwellers of Nazareth. Later, the Christians turned the site into a worship place. Travelers who had visited the place in the 7th century pointed out that this had been the location of the "Carpentry Shop of Joseph." </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the only known statue in the world of Joseph, Jesus' Earthly Father.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Later, traditions identify the place as "the House of Joseph."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;">This is in the public entrance to the church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;">The
cave under the church was used by the early dwellers in the <b>Roman
period</b> as a water and food storage place under the house, which is
typical of the residential houses at that time. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We're sure enjoying our Holy Land trip together!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Ancient Village of Nazareth</span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cousin Lloyd gets lots of looks with his cowboy hat and boots - "Are you a cowboy?"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cana in Galilee</b></span> is celebrated as the scene of Jesus’ first <b>miracle</b>.
It is actually the place of his first two public miracles in Galilee —
the changing of water into wine and the remote healing of an official’s
son closeby in Capernaum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to a parable in the Gospel of
Matthew, bridesmaids in the time of Jesus
would escort the bridegroom to the marriage
ceremony with lighted candles. Jesus
said, “The kingdom of heaven be likened unto
ten virgins, which took their lamps and went
forth to meet the bridegroom.” (Matthew
25:1) Light in the Roman period
symbolized purity. </span><br />
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the Wedding in Cana of Galilee</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the pigeons would fly by the stuffed owl to see if he was real..."Let's all go to the wedding," they are saying.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had the most wonderful opportunity to have five couple from our group renew their wedding vows. It was such a beautiful experience for them and us as spectators. It was like getting married the first time with exchange of vows, ring exchange, and kissing each other.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bishop was a black man who had a great sense of humor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All 5 couples after renewing their marriage vows.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of the scenery as we drove onto our next destination - LUNCH!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's so exciting actually seeing the Sea of Galilee, which I've heard about my whole life of course.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After a great salad bar, I got the main entree, fish from the Sea of Galilee - YUM!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">John ordered a whole fish, but the eyeballs were not too appetizing! Eeww!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful flowers everywhere, so I collected a few to put in my Bible. That's ok, isn't it? I wanted to get some little rocks to add to the collection I have started of rocks from every sea/ocean I come, BUT I FORGOT!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: cyan;"><b>Capernaum</b></span> was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A house turned into a church by the Byzantines is said to be the home of Saint Peter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The village was inhabited from the 2nd c. BC to the
11th c. AD, when it was abandoned sometime before the Crusader conquest. This includes the re-establishment of the village during the Early Islamic period soon after the earthquake of 749 AD</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One Sabbath, Jesus taught in the synagogue in Capernaum and healed a man who was possessed by an unclean spirit </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Afterwards, he healed Simon Peter's mother-in-law of a fever. (Luke 4:38-39)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The designs in the rocks tell many stories, especially of the stars - 5-sided, 6-sided, 7 candle sticks or menorah</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="text"><span style="line-height: 17px;">You can peer down into the ruins of St. Peter's home through the glass floor in the center of the church</span></span></span></span></span></b></td></tr>
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statue in the courtyard is of St. Peter, with a caption that reads:
"Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church."</span></span></span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I haven't had ANY bananas in the Holy Land yet. Maybe tonight as I REALLY MISS THEM (and oatmeal!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Next stop - </span><span style="font-size: large;">The <b>Ancient Galilee Boat</b>, also known as the <b>Jesus Boat</b>, was an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee. </span><br />
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The remains of the boat, 27 ft. long, 7.5 ft. wide and a preserved height of 4 ft), first appeared during a drought, when the waters of the Sea
(actually a great fresh-water lake) receded. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They take it out for a ride - it still floats!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If only this boat could talk!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These artifacts were found in the boat.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's go for a boat ride - what d'ya think?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lloyd & Joanne are already on </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Sea of Galilee is no sea at all; it's really a very large lake.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had fun singing along with some Israeli music that I
remembered from my childhood. "Hava Nagila" and "Shalom Havarim." Of
course, I had to sing loud and stand up and try to get others to join
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<span style="font-size: large;">They were selling an Israeli CD with lots of good music. Oh yes - I bought one....can't wait to hear it all when I get back home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time to go back to the hotel at Tiberias. Cousin Lloyd discouraged me from going out alone last night, so I wanted to venture out in the streets and take a look at all the history that was all around us. (before it got dark)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #bf9000;"><b>Tiberias </b></span>is on the western shore of the Sea of
Galilee. Its Old City holds important Jewish and Christian pilgrimage
sites including the Tomb of Maimonides and Abulafia (Etz Chaim)
Synagogue. The waterfront features the restaurant-lined Yigal Allon
Promenade, a marina and a fish market. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a very nice hotel with a good view. This is what it looks like out my window with a veranda. Last night I hand washed some underwear and a couple of blouses. A huge wind came up and before I could go out and get them, a couple of pieces had floated off to Never Never Land.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The old and the new intermingle with each other</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Established around 20 AD, Tiberias was named in honor of the 2nd Emperor of the Roman Empire, Tiberius. Tiberias was held in great respect in Judaism and since the 16th century has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following photos were take just right next to the new hotel where we were staying. Such great treasures only steps away from us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to the waterfront for some more photos of antique buildings.</span><br />
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The Monastery belongs to the Greek Orthodox church in Jerusalem. The site houses churches which were built in 1837 on top of the ancient ruins. The leaning tower which is part of the monastery has become one of the symbols of the City of Tiberias. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked the boy's dad if people here liked having these new, fancy hotels built right alongside their historical buildings. NO, he said, in his broken English, but it does bring in money to their economy.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Families are very close here in Israel. The young boy is wearing the kippah, <span class="st">Traditionally, Jewish men and boys wear the kippah at all times, a symbol of their awareness of, and submission to, a "higher" entity.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked a group of Jerusalem teen girls if I could video them singing. They, in turn, wanted to video me as they taught me a song and dance. I was with them about 30 minutes as they entertained me. I will post the video one of these days. It was so fun....they were delightful!</span><br />
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Checking out of the hotel today; we are off to Tiberias. We went on a quick bus ride to Jaffa. We got out for only a few minutes, so I sure am glad that I had gone to Jaffa for a couple of walks on my own as it was a great historical site.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the 12 Tribes of Israel - </span><span style="font-size: large;">"Dan" meaning, "Judge," was allocated a coastal portion of land when the people of Israel entered the Promised Land, later moving northwards."Dan" is from here in Tel Aviv, so they named many sites, and things after them...Bus Name, Hotel Name "Dan Panorama", Jor"Dan", etc.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh look! Jonah's whale is mummified!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Israelis are very good about setting up places for recycling. 85% of all sewage in Israel is recycled, compared to 1% in the USA and 10% in Canada---pretty impressive! We could learn something from this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we travel on the bus, we find the hillsides covered with pretty little yellow flowers and lots of green grass. This area has gotten an amazing amount of rain recently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">During the lifetime of Jesus Christ and well into the New Testament, Caesarea was a major Roman political center in occupied Israel. It is located on the shore of The Mediterranean Sea, on the road from Egypt to Tyre, about 75 miles northwest of Jerusalem. It was built between 25 to 13 B.C. by Herod the Great, who named it after Caesar Augustus, the Roman emperor most famous for ordering the census (Luke 2:1) that resulted in Joseph and Mary traveling down from Nazareth to Bethlehem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">It was at Caesarea that Herod Agrippa I was struck down by God for </span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";">idolatrous </span> blasphemy (Acts 12:19-23)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The city was described in detail by the 1st-century Roman Jewish Historian, Josephus. Josephus describes the harbor as being as large as the one at Piraeus, the major harbor of Athens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the face of a limestone rock
is a monumental inscription which is part of a larger dedication to
Tiberius Caesar which says that it was from "Pontius
Pilate, Prefect of Judea."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remains of the principal buildings erected by Herod and the medieval
town are still visible today, including the city walls, the castle and a
Crusader cathedral and church. Caesarea grew rapidly, becoming the
largest city in Judea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The baptism of the Roman officer Cornelius, by Paul, as described in the Book of
Acts, occurred here. In addition, Paul departed from this coastal city
and was eventually taken prisoner before departing to Rome for
his trial, as also mentioned in the Book of Acts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Herod later executed several members of his own family, including his wife Mariamne. It was said "it would be better to be a pig than to be a family member." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Crusader Fortress</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">During the 12<sup>th</sup> and 13<sup>th</sup> centuries, Caesarea was under Crusader control, and the Crusader stronghold is among the most well-preserved in all of Israel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water was ten miles away so they created an aquaduct to flow down the mountain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now we're on our way going towards Meggido.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Original aquaducts still in tact</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had lunch on Mount Carmel at a Druze family place. It was very good! There are 22 Druze communities in Israel.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">LUNCH - the infamous Falafel...chick peas that are deep-fried, put into a fresh pita, dressed with yummy hummus and veggies.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the summit of Mount Carmel</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Elijah slaying a Baal Priest at Mukhraqa</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mukhraka</span></span>, which means “burned
place,” or "sacrifice" or "scorching," is the place where Elijah faced off against the prophets of
the pagan deity, Baal, and had them put to death. God sent down fire from Heaven. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A small cave is located under
the monastery, and it is held by Christian tradition to be a place
where Elijah occasionally lived.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">View Of The Jezreel Valley From The St. Elias Church</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Olive Trees are everywhere</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Olive Oil used anciently (as well as today) was the "back bone" of the country</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Oranges was the "back bone" in the 19th century</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">TODAY - it is Diamonds and high technology</span>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just like Christ's tomb (This was just off the road and I took the photo from the bus.) NOTE: the roll-away stone to the side.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christian apocalyptic literature, <span style="color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Mount Megiddo</b></span></span>,</span>
the hill overlooking the Jezreel Valley where the current kibbutz is located,
is identified as the site of the final battle between the forces of good
and evil at the end of time, known as <b><span style="background-color: yellow;">Armageddon</span> </b>and mentioned in the New Testament in Revelation 16:16. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From its strategic position, overlooking the key pass through the Carmel Mountains, it dominated the <b>crossroads</b> of ancient trade and military routes that linked Egypt with Mesopotamia and Asia Minor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Megiddo</b> is an ancient city whose remains form a tel, situated near Kibbutz Megiddo, about 30 km south-east of Haifa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Destroyed and rebuilt many times during its turbulent history, it was <b>occupied</b> almost continuously from around 6000 BC until about 500 years before Jesus Christ was born.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Overlooking the Valley of Jezreel</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Megiddo could be the
most important site in Israel dating from biblical times.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Note the original stone steps into the spring.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The most impressive construction at Megiddo is <b>underground</b>.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">To ensure access to the <b>spring</b> at the bottom of the slope, engineers in the much-besieged city dug a
25-metre vertical shaft down to bedrock, then a 70-metre tunnel sloping
up to the spring.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">The <b>tunnel</b> was cut from both ends and the two gangs of workers had to make only a small correction before they met. Then the outside entrance to the spring was sealed with a massive stone wall and <b>concealed</b> with earth so a besieging enemy could not discover it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This monumental project was apparently undertaken during the reign of <b>King Ahab</b>, about 150 years before King Hezekiah quarried his water tunnel in Jerusalem. (<span style="background-color: yellow;">2900 years ago!</span>)</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">When it was completed, residents standing at the top of the shaft could lower <b>buckets</b> to draw water without entering the tunnel or leaving the city.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">Modern <b>stairways</b> — 187 steps down and 77 steps up — </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">WHEW! Everyone was sure exhausted after tackling this climb!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've arrived at our new hotel for the next two evenings.</span><br />
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<br />Sharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01525203187539855284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3951376245760550242.post-31307954104806606432017-04-11T15:21:00.001-07:002017-04-14T03:24:17.673-07:00DAY 3 - Diamonds, Markets, and Jaffa<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Pre-Tour Day on Our Own</span></b></span><br />
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Time to wake up and get ready for the day. I thought I'd try out the electrical adapters that I had brought to use here in Israel. Mmm....let's curl my hair today since it's in that in-between stage. I plugged it in pretty soon I smelled something burning. WOW! That was fast - it really heated up fast. Guess I won't be using this anymore. OOPS! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Uh - oh! USA has 110 volts and here in Israel, they use 220 volt appliances.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had the opportunity to take a tour of the city with 8 of us in a small bus. We went with a Russian group and their guide. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our English guide was very informative. The <b>White City</b> <span dir="rtl" lang="he"></span> refers to a collection of over 4,000 buildings built in a unique form of the Bauhaus Style in Tel Aviv from the 1930s by German Jewish architects who immigrated to the Palestine after the rise of the Nazis. Tel Aviv has the largest number of buildings in the Bauhaus/International Style of any city in the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hebrew, which is one of the country's two official languages, is the primary
language of Israel, and almost the entire population speaks it. Arabic,
used mainly by Israel's Arab minority, which comprises about 1/5th of the population, is the country's second official language. English,
spoken as a second language by the majority of the Israeli population,
is used widely in official logos, road signs and product labels. Russian, spoken by the large immigrant population from the former Soviet Union, is also heavily used.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A HUGE diamond that came up in the dark from underneath - wow! We got to see it for about 10 seconds.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the beginning of the 21st century, Israel is one of the world's three major centers for polished diamonds, alongside Belgium and India.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gorgeous colors of various types of stones and diamonds.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Diamonds constitutes about 24% in total country export</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK - I am holding a pair of dainty earrings valued at only $1200</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To Jaffa to learn more about one of the oldest cities in the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The building now housing the Ilana Goor Museum was originally erected in 1742. </span><span style="font-size: large;">At that time it was used as an inn for Jewish pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem.
The inn, located outside the city walls, served as a shelter,
protecting the pilgrims from robbers. In the second half of the 19th
century it became a factory for olive oil soap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ilana Goor first purchased part of the building in 1983, and then
eventually also the rest of it, with the intention of converting it to a
museum dedicated to her art collection. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The museum was inaugurated in September 1995</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A legend says Jaffa was named after Noah’s son <b>Japheth</b>.
(Another suggestion is that its builders, the Canaanites, named it
Yafi, meaning beautiful.) </span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Jaffa is mentioned four times in the Hebrew Bible:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">- Port of entry for Lebanon's cedars for Solomon's 1st & 2nd Temples.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- as the place where the prophet Jonah embarked for Tarshish.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- </span><span style="font-size: large;">as the territorial border of the Tribe of Dan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*Alexander the Great's troops were stationed in Jaffa.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">*During the 1st Jewish-Roman War, Jaffa was captured and burned.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Josephus, a Roman-Jewish historian writes that 8,400 inhabitants were massacred.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">*St. Peter brings back to life the widow, Dorcas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">* Possible sight where Noah built the Ark </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beautiful mosaics </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Some locals say they believe that if you hold onto a zodiac sign while looking out to sea, and make a wish, it will come true.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here I am right after making my wish! I am a Leo...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are the 8 of us on our Pre-Tour in Jaffa</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remains of an Egyptian brick wall from 1250 BC, in Summit Park, Jaffa</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">An Ilana Goor sculpture</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Napolean has visited and fought here in Jaffa</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Peter</b> received a crucial vision that changed his mind about accepting gentiles into the early Christian Church.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peter was staying in the seaside house of a tanner called <b>Simon</b> and went up on the roof to pray.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">He fell into a trance and saw heaven opened and a sheet lowered, filled with all sorts of <b>animals</b>,
which he was told to eat. When he protested that some of the animals
were unclean, a voice told him, “What God has made clean, you must not
call profane”.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The al-Bahr Mosque or The Sea Mosque, is the oldest extant mosque in Jaffa, Israel. Next to it are the rocks that Andromeda were chained to.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In Greek mythology, <b>Andromeda</b> is the daughter of the king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopea. When Cassiopeia's pride leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment. Andromeda is stripped and chained naked to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To market to market - to buy a fat pig - - -</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sights and food and people of the market in Jaffa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I asked this man if his falafel was good, he replied that it was the BEST! Deep-fried chick peas and salad makings stuffed into a pita shell, drizzled with tahini. YUM!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everything looks so good with a variety of colors and smells everywhere!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Dinner at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Jaffa. What an array of food! I will be posting a food blog in the next week of all the other food we encountered. So DELICIOUS!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a day it has been today. Tomorrow starts the first day of our actual tour. There are 45 of us on a full bus. It's going to be an amazing two weeks with LOTS to see.</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">FOLLOW ALONG, won't you?</span></b></i><br />
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