We have returned from a full day on tour. Jacob, our guide and three others (Patrick from England and Paulina and Bartek from Poland) made up the group. We left at 8:30 am and drove to Nazareth (Arab-Israeli town), visited the Basilica of the Anunciation and toured a local Arab market, where Doug bought one of those Lawrence of Arabia hats. The weather was becoming very hot.
We stopped at Capernaum, the centre of Jesus' ministry and had a great St. Peter's Fish lunch at the Ein-Gev kibbutz. After our break, we ascended to the Golan Heights to the Shalom Vista point, where we could see spectacular views of the Sea of Galilee and landscape. The switchback drive down from the Golan is one that I will never forget - we could see Syria and Jordan at close range. Finally, we stopped at Yardent on the River Jordan, where people were being baptized and Doug met a muskrat.
Jacob spoke passionately about the Palestinian problem. I'm not sure that I am clear on where I stand, but I am glad to have heard from both sides.
The temperature reached 35C, which is pretty hot for us BC-ers. Patrick looked quite pink at the end. Tomorrow, we leave for Tel Aviv and a visit with Kalman. Then off to the airport at about 2 in the morning to catch a 4am flight. Yawn.
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