The Galilee

The photo on the right is the view from the deck of the Christian guest house near Tiberias where we stayed. Jesus lived and ministered in the Galilee region and only visited Jerusalem on occasion. And seeing the land of Galilee, it is easy to understand why anyone would rather live in this most beautiful region. It is absolutely lovely and several times my breath was taken away by the beauty of the scenery or by the lavish colours and variety of the bougainvillea flowers that seemed to be growing profusely everywhere.

One of the things I especially wanted to do in Galilee was to go out in a boat on the sea of Galilee. I had the opportunity to do so, joining up with a group of Dutch Christians on their boat cruise.

We visited the town of Capernaum, where Scripture indicates that Jesus lived during the years of his ministry. There we saw the remains of a synagogue which could have been like that in which Jesus first declared his ministry as the Messiah, in Luke 4.

We drove up a bit further north to the town of Sefat and the others looked around while I slept in the car, suffering the effects of a muggy day under the hot sun.

That evening I had St. Peter's fish for supper.

The next day we were off to begin the journey back down the coast to Tel Aviv. We passed the area where the Mount of Beatitudes is located - another breathtaking view.