Monthly Archives: January 2023

Today we drove all the way to the top border of Israel where we looked into Lebanon. The village there just recently opened to tour buses. We went to the Tel Dan Nature Reserve and walked the trail there through … Continue reading →

We returned this morning with the group in the daylight and had a proper tour of the excavations here at Magdala.  They’ve uncovered much of this little village, including a marketplace, villas and mikvo’ats, housing areas, fishermen’s work areas, a … Continue reading →

Next we drove to Tel Megiddo. It’s a nice national park now with a visitor’s center and displays and dioramas and artifacts. We looked out over the Jezreel Valley and talked about the wars that happened there. (And the wars … Continue reading →

This evening we checked into The Magdala Hotel in the Galilee.  Before dinner while everyone was getting settled, we 4 went out to explore.  As this hotel was being built, they discovered in the excavations, a 1st century synagogue.  It’s … Continue reading →

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  What a great place to be to get this year underway.  Today we traveled with the group to Caesarea National Park and the Aqueduct Beach where we learned about the things the Romans did here.  It’s amazing … Continue reading →