Hello all! Today was a great day and it is now late. So with that said, I am going to summarize the day:
We began early and visited the St. Anne Church and Pools of Bethseda in the Old City of Jerusalem. Great acoustics in the church…we sang VENI EMMANUEL and it was heavenly.
We then traveled to Jericho (not on the itinerary) and viewed an ancient sycamore tree like the one Zaccheus, the tax collector, climbed to see Jesus as he walked by (he was a wee little man, remember?). Next we viewed the Mount of Temptation where tradition says Jesus was tempted by Satan for 40 days and nights.
Following Jericho, we traveled through rich and verdant farms towards the Bet Shean (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_She%27an) where we experienced this gem of an archeological excavation.
We arrived at our destination of Nazareth around 4:15 and, after checking into the hotel, had free time to explore a bit on our own before dinner .
Tomorrow we travel to Haifa for our 3rd concert and then back to Nazareth for our 4th and final concert. Will share more later!
Off to bed!