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Holy Land and Egypt

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February 21st 2016
.Today we said goodbye to the Sea of Galilee and the Royal plaza Hotel as we boarded the bus with Jerusalem as our ultimate goal. Because this was Sunday many places were closed. We tried to stop at the church where Jesus performed his first miracle in Cana. If you remember this is where he turned the water into wine. Sadly it was closed so we drove by and headed on to Nazareth and the Church of t ... read more

Middle East » Israel

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more