The Galilee and Bethlehem
Mount of Beatitudes
Where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount. I loved it once I wandered away from the church and people and hiked down the mount, stopping along the way to read Matthew 5 on my Ipod.
Walking from Mount of Beatitudes to Capernaum
Kafernahum
Some remains of Apostle Peter's house
A synagogue built in the 3rd century A.D. on the location of the synagogue of Christ's time.
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Some lady kissing the place where Jesus was born. That is, she was kissing the floor of one of the two shrines in the cave where Jesus maybe was born. Not the most spiritual experience for me. Lots of people crowding and taking pictures and a priest agitatedly telling us to quickly exit before the service starts.
The city of Bethlehem
By the barrier wall
My camera died right after this and I regret a picture not taken. More graffiti on the Wall, in big green and red letters it said, "Merry Christmas World. From, the Bethlehem Ghetto." Leaving the isolated tourist area of Bethlehem, the city is rundown, dirty, and depressing along the border of the Wall.
No comments:
Post a Comment