GALILEE

Brooke and Natalie would like to welcome you to their fabtab 12 days in Galilee...but first we had to make a few pit stops along the way including our first one at Caesarea.

Emma, Anna, Lindsey, Natalie, and Mary at the Med.

Armageddon- where the final battle will be fought...just sayin'

Brooke and Natalie travel by horse and chariot to Galilee. Natalie drove naturally. "what is that suppose to mean?"-Brooke (Tel Megiddo)

Okay, these pictures are out of order right now cause you should be looking at a picture of the Galilee right now so you can scroll down to find it or just wait. This is the Mt. of Beatitudes. One of the best places we went on this trip. We had a great lesson on the mount, sang songs, and then were able to have an hour of personal study. It was a great time of meditation, so peaceful and lovely.

Church at the Mt. of Beatitudes

The groupie at the overlook of the Galilee at the Mt. of Beatitudes

Church of the Loaves and Fishes (Tabgha)

Aren't we cute and tan? -"Yes! we got tan! Best day ever!"-Brooke

We made a stop at Capernaum, Peter's home town and this happens to be Peter's house. They built a "monstrasity" of a structure over it for protection. It was weird but the building was really pretty.

In the synagogue at Capernaum.

Welcome to the Town of Capernaum

We sailed the Sea of Galilee

Sweet boat we rode

friends

Then Brooke and I went on a hike to a freezing cold waterfall. Naturally we didn't go swimming cause we liked to be warm unlike all the other brave idiots that went in.

Kelsea, Natalie and Brooke

Brooke and Aaron got to stick there gum on the Gum Rock...sick.

The fish I ate. Yes, even Brooke ate it. I was so proud of her! (It tasted way better than it looks! The key was to just close your eyes and eat)

Fishy Face!

Picture Perfect Galilee!

Sunset driving home from one of our many field trips in Galilee

River Jordan. At this place people could come and be baptized. It was really weird to see these people in white baptismal clothes being baptized. -We were given the option to pay ten dollars to rent a white robe and be baptized, we passed.

Jordan River

Church in Tiberias and overlook of the Sea of Galilee, the Church is a fixed up old hostel, it was so beautiful with the best overlook. The branch of Tiberias is made up of many immigrants including large Russian and Spanish groups.

This is usually what goes down on Field Trips. Anytime we stop this is what happens...haha

From the Castle of Nimrod

Natalie dancing on the top of the castle...figures
Just the usual jumpin picture taken at Tel Dan where Jeroboam set up an altar for the Northern Kingdom
We had to make a toliet stop (these were ancient public bathrooms found at Tel Shearim) Poor Brooke...must have been a hard one. -"Natalie!!!"
Haha....this is our Professor Hamblin....hahaha, we love him he teaches our Ancient Near East Class
Brooke at Caesarea Philippi...this is where Peter testified of Christ. Really really pretty place.
Ancient "Jesus Fisherman" boat that they dug up on the shoreline of the Sea of Galilee
As said by one of the service couples here, "oh well, another tel, what the hell" About now, it's kinda how we feel. But don't worry Mom and Dad, I still do appreciate them. (Tel Shearim)
"Bless My Soul Herc was on a Roll..."
Just doing some acting at the theatre. "Dearest Brooklyn, how fairest thou art"
In Akko/Acre (a crusader town and prosperous ancient port) at a Al-Jazzar Mosque
We love the sack lunches we get every day! hmmm...sweaty cheese!
Yep, we still love each other :) (behind us is an ancient structure that may have been what an "inn" would have looked like at the time of Joseph and Mary)
Akko on the Meditterenean Sea, the ruins behind us are from the Knights Templar (for you Julia)
An ancient archway/entry way dated to the time of Abraham
Mt. Arbel...beautiful overlook of the Sea of Galilee
Galilee
The Bahai Gardens. Interesting fact: the Bahia religion is a huge religious group with 7 million members. They believe in EVERYTHING! and this is their headquarters in Haifa. Beautiful Garden! (I had to sneak in with my gum hehe-Brooke)
Lush green fields of the Galilee
Oh freak! Mines! Watch out! The Golan Heights still has land mines laying around all over the place so half the land is untouchable because you never know where they are. Kinda sad but a good way to perserve the beauty of the area.
Well that was our wonderful trip to the Galilee. It was one of our favorite places and we will definitely be back. We also suggest that you put Galilee as one of your must see places. We miss you all and are still safe despite the news reports you may be hearing. Love You!