Gallivanting in Galilee

Yesterday morning, while Marty was getting dressed, he said to me "T-G-I-T".  Since I've found myself immersed in Hebrew as of late, I looked at him and said, "Tgit?  What does that mean?"

Can you guess?

Thank Goodness It's Thursday.

And why would he bring that up?  Because, here in Israel, the work week starts on Sunday and ends on Thursday.  Which is why Marty was free today to take a road trip to Galilee.

It was quite a full day, and it's late, so I have decided to post a few photos and leave the details of the day for another time.

First stop:  Mt. Tabor:  Basilica of the Transfiguration

Getting there was quite a story…which I intend to share with  you later.

Next, we visited Tabgha, the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes.

Here I managed to talk Marty out of buying one of these super colorful t-shirts

(actually…..they ended up being only kid sizes) and he settled for this instead.

Don't you just love it?  Well….let me just say that Marty does, for sure!

From there we walked around the corner to Mensa Christa

which stands on the shores of the  Sea of Galilee. (More about that later as well.)

Marty got his chance to put his hands in the water

and he took a photo of the two of us.

From there we headed to the Church of the Beatitudes

which is strikingly beautiful and I'll be sure to elaborate more on another day.

From there we made a quick stop in Capernaum

and then headed into Akko for dinner at the Abu Christo restaurant,  which was right on the waterfront of the Mediterranean.

I know this looks like a lovely, peaceful, romantic place to enjoy a meal.   

Were we ever surprised when one "party"boat after another came buzzing by, one with neon lights flashing pink/green and orange while blasting  hip hop music so loud that we couldn't hear each other talk! 

It didn't exactly fit the aura of an ancient city, that's for sure!

But, then again, there are a lot of things here in Israel that are certainly unique. 

Don't worry…..I plan on filling you on that sometime in the future as well.

But for now, I say Shalom!