A long but good day.
We had our usual breakfast briefing, but this time by a resident of the Galilee who lives within "spitting" distance of Lebanon. he outlined the other side of Israel. A totally different point of view to what we were used to. Fascinating.
We then drove the short distance to old Safed where we visited a number of synagogues; both Sephardi and Ashkenazi. We also spent some time in the Kabbalah Centre, where we started by looking over the hills where the original scripts were written and where Lag Ba'Omer is celebrated my thousands of people every year.
We spent some time exploring the artists' colony in Safed. The vast array of beautiful Judaic pieces of art was fascinating.
After Safed we drove down through the Jordan Valley to the Sea of Galilee to the Beit She'an ruins. We picnicked there before touring the amphitheatre and the ruins. The old road, the shops and the other aspects of life two thousand years ago was obvious to the eye following the archelogical excavations.
We then drove up from the valley to Jerusalem. We stopped on Mount Scopus to get a view of Jerusalem before we actually entered the city. We said a prayer, drank some wine, sang some relevant songs and even danced a bit.
We drove to our hotel before going out for a light dinner in a small group.
After dinner we went for a tour in the tunnels along the Western Wall of the Temple Mount. We passed the "Wailing Wall" on our way to the tunnels. We took a short respite to approach the original Western Wall directly. It was our honor to lead two people, Paul & John, to the wall for the first time; quite a touching moment!
The tour along the tunnels was absolutely fascinating. We saw the amazing architecture and structural engineering capability of the ancient peoples, over 2,000 years ago.
We returned to our hotel very tired but pleased with another wonderful day in Israel.
Until tomorrow....
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