Jerusalem

I'll update more of our travels from yesterday tonight - but wanted to share this photo from this morning. We are on the rooftop of the Aish HaTorah building in the Old City. The view from here is beyond spectacular. I can't wait to share the pictures from my camera!

This morning we are taking classes, and then we will visit the wall and do the tunnel tour.
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Breathtakingly Beautiful . . .

This was the view from our balcony in Tiberias.

Tsfat

Our visit to Tsfat began with a tour of two synagogues in the Old City. Covered skin required - thank goodness for pashminas.

We are at lunch now at a banquet spaced called Red Kahn. It is like stepping back into history - stone, arches, and stained glass. There is a man outside grilling fresh pita. The best hummus ever, salad, salmon, rice and lentils, and green beans - quite the feast.

There are performers dressed in "spiritual, earthy-crunchy religious Jew" garb (that description was the subject of an interesting conversation at the table), playing soothing music and singing. And we are getting a history of the area.

We'll have time for shopping after lunch, and then we are off to Jerusalem!
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Good morning from Tiberias!

After a long journey (plane ride, 2 hour bus ride), we arrived in Tiberias at about 8 pm last night. Our destination - Decks restaurant, right on Lake Kenneret. We ate, we danced (video to follow later), and we enjoyed our first night in Israel.

A short bus ride later, we were at our hotel. It was so dark out, we had no idea what our surroundings were like. Imagine our surprise when we woke up to the most incredible view! (Check out the picture in the post below.). It's so beautiful, it doesn't seem real. For me, seeing the view this morning was when I really got that "wow! I'm truly in Israel" feeling.

We're now waiting for our first of many classes during this trip. I can't wait to hear Lori Palatnik speak.

Later - Tzfat.

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Tiberias

Lake Kenneret (Sea of Galilee)

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Driving across Israel

We're on a bus with women two other cities heading from Tel Aviv to Tiberias. The other bus has the women from the other two cities. Our tour guide seems to be quite engaging. It's dark out already, so I don't really see much out the window of the bus.

We're headed to dinner and spending the night in Tiberias.
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We're here!

My phone is in desperate need of charging, so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to post today. So excited!
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