Galilee-Friday 5/30

The day before we had gone to a fish restaurant. Deb and a select few joined a group called "we ate fish eyes". I did not, i tasted some of the whole fish fried but I also ordered a pizza so that I would be full. We started early in the morning after a wonderful kosher breakfast and began our day. We went to a place called Beth Shean it is also called Scythpolis by the Greeks. This place contained tons of city ruins. We toured through the old main street and through the ancient bath house. It was a lot of fun. Here is a picture of our class in the ancient toilets. It was amazing! There was so much to see and walk through, it started to get very very hot and we went to the next area. We went to a Synagogue called Beth Alpha. This synagogue we began to see incredible mosaics that were made on the ground. We watched a movie about the history of this particular mosaic, it was very interesting and you can tell that this mosaic was a beginners attempt. We then went to a spring. We all got in our swimming suits and cooled off a little bit. We were there for about 2 hours eating and swimming and it was very refreshing.
We all dried off and loaded on the bus. I was the last one on the bus and our bus the last person on the bus has to entertain the bus for a little bit. It was fun. I sang Destiny's Child with hand motions.
We then went to a small church in Nain. This particular church was in tribute the miracle of when Christ raised the Widows son from the dead. (Luke 7:11-18) Jenn and Camille sang a sanctus. It was absolutely beautiful.
We then went to Mt. Tabor. Our bus could only get us to a certain point on the mountain and then we all loaded into smaller sherutes (little buses) and went up the switchbacks until we got to the top of the mountain.On the top of Mt. Tabor there was a gorgeous church that is in tribute to the Mt of Transfiguration. The view was beautiful. We went into the church and went to where the altar was, we sang 2 hymns with a group of catholics who were preparing for a mass.
It was an awesome day we saw and learned about so much. We returned to the Kibbutz and had a Kosher dinner. The end of a very eventful day.

(pictures are not uploading for some reason, i will try again tomorrow.... have a great day!)