8th April NAZARETH AND GALILEE Another early start at 7am for our coach ride to Nazareth first. Not quite such a long trip this time and once there our first stop was the Basilica of The Annunciation. I’ve never heard of this before but I didn’t like it at all. It was a modern, huge ugly church which is said to be the largest Christian church in the Middle East. It’s supposed to be built over the ruins of where Archangel Gabriel met the Virgin Mary. I did...

7th April JERUSALEM, ISRAEL Well, where on earth do I begin to explain and tell you all about our 2 days in Israel? I’ll start off with Haifa where we docked, which is a place we’ve been to before and didn’t venture too far. Haifa has some lovely places, the best and biggest landmark being the shrine to Bab of the Baha’i Faith ( never heard of it before but still !). They built a stunning layered garden down the side of Mount Carmel which overlooks the...