Galilee

The whole trip to Galilee was amazing. I couldn't believe how many places I was seeing that i'd heard so many stories about. The best part was I was walking in places Christ had been. This is where Christ gave the Sermon on the Mount. The church of the loaves and fishes. They think the foundations of Peter's house are located in here. There is also a synagogue that was built on the temple where Christ did most of his teaching.
The Jordon River. If i went down one more step I could have stepped in it.

A 2000 year old boat they found in the Sea of Galilee

Just Fun

Attitude Please!
I loved going by the beach, I could do it everyday. This was a beautiful sunset
Crazy pants that are popular in Israel
The parks are so much better than at home. I was actually going pretty fast too.
This park has a ton of funny sculptures. Cement couches aren't very comfortable.

Apollonia

This was just another cool ruins site. it was right along the water so it was beautiful.
They kept building on top of each other. Whoever built it that time decided to use the old pillars and turn them the other way. i thought it was funny.
That night we went to the beach to watch the sunset.
Us being silly. the kids love to roll their tongues. and autumn is giving some attitude in this picture.

Eliat

We did so many fun things while we were in eliat. This is at the underwater observatory. they had all different kinds of fish tanks for you to look at. there were giant sea turtles and a shark pool and we even got to go on a glass boat.
The next day we went to a beach that actually had sand for the kids to play in instead of just rocks. they had an area for the dolphins. so we stayed for a while to watch them jump out of the water. there was even a dolphin named CINDY!!!
Everyone decides to come out at night. they stay out late and sleep in. it's so weird. this was at about 10:30 at night and the party is just getting started. There were all different kinds of shops down this strip. From very expensive to very cheap.
Snorkling was my favorite!! i had never done it before and we were able to go three times while we were there. the coral and the fish were amazing. i look so good in that mask! It kinda freaked me out at first though to be breathing while looking under water. it took some getting used to but then i could have snorkled all day long.
The hotel was really pretty nice. they had some sort of entertainment for the kids everynight. one night they had balloon animals then face paintings and the last night they had a snake and lizards for them to touch. river and autumn even touched the snake. me and ash kept our distance though.

MASADA

I have never been so hot in my entire life or sweat so much. by the time we left we were all disgusting but it was worth it.
mom definately would not have liked how high up it was
this is on the outside of the fortress. the walls are still standing from where the romans built their camps surrounding it. it amazes me that it is still standing when it was built during king harods time.
It was built on basically the side of a cliff. very neat to walk all the way around it.
We were able to rent headphones that tell you about each area. There were so many interesting things they decided to build. And they were so smart about everything. This is me and B sweating to death.