Move to Jerusalem

At the Orthodox Church

Thursday was our free day and it was as beautiful as the previous day was nasty. At noon several of us rode the bus with Taleb up to “St. Peter’s Restaurant” in Capernaum, a mile or two past the ancient site, right on the sea. It was beautiful there. What was even more splendid was walking back from there, stopping along the way, first at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Seven Apostles at Capernaum, which is a garden of Eden outside, filled with lush trees, hens, ducks, peacocks, and an eyeful of color inside. 

Orthodox Church grounds

Then we stopped and wandered at the ancient site of Capernaum again, and then walked the new sidewalk back past the Primacy of Peter and the church at Tabgha to our hotel. A lovely day for a long sunny stroll.

Inside wall painting--saints in Abraham's bosom

Group shot at Caesarea Maritima Aqueduct

Friday we left Pilgerhaus to drive to Megiddo, then to Caesarea Maritima on the Mediterranean coast. We ate sandwiches and waded in the sea at the aqueduct, then drove on to Jerusalem. In the late afternoon, after checking in to our hotel, we dressed up and met Debbie Weissman at the progressive orthodox synagogue Kehillat Yedidya, where I have taken many groups to enjoy the Friday evening service.