Trip Itinerary

Thursday

• Travel from Raleigh to Philedelphia to Tel Aviv
  • Blessing: Caught the last flight out of Raleigh to Philadelphia (due to impending weather conditions)

Friday

• Flew over Greek Islands
  • Sat next to nice Jewish man who advised of good food and Olive Oil (Zita)
• Arrived in Tel Aviv by 3pm
  • Amazing Buffet Dinner with Hummus, Fatoush, & Lamb

Saturday

• Caesarea & Aquaducts
• Mt Carmel
• Migeddo (Armageddon)
• Gideon Spring
  • Blessing: Allowed to enter 15 min after closing - only people on the property
• Beit She'an - Roman Colesseum - Human sacrifice for sport
• Travel to Tiberias - Sea of Galilee

Sunday

• Baptism in the Jordan River
• Magdala
• Boat ride on Sea of Galilee
  • Blessing: Perfect weather, glassy water
• Lunch - Galilean Tillapia
• Church of Cana
• Nazareth - Church of the Annunciation

Monday

• Capernam
• Mt Bental
• Cesearea Philippi/Gates of Hell
• Mount of Beatitudes
• Sea of Galilee Shore/Feeding of 5,000

Tuesday

• Jericho
• Mount of Temptation
• Zacheus' Sycamore Tree
• Qasr el Yahud - Jesus' Baptism/Jordan River
• Israelites enter Promise Land
• Lunch - Dead Sea
• Wilderness/Valley of Shadow of Death
  • Blessing: Only people at the site - privacy
• Good Samaritan Museum
• Abraham's Tent
• Enter Jerusalem - City View

Wednesday

• Shopping - Bethlehem
  • Blessing: No issues entering Palestine
• Bethlehem - Church of the Nativity
  • Blessing: No line!
• Shepards Caves
• Lunch - Tent
• Israel Museum - Dead Sea Scrolls
• Mount of Olives
• Garden of Gasthemene
• Church of the Nations
• Church - where Stephen was stoned
• Caiaphisis' House - Dugeon where Jesus was held - where Peter denied Jesus 3x
• Dinner - Open Air Mall by Western Wall

Thursday

• Masada
• David's Caves
• Quran Caves - where dead sea scrolls were found
• Floating in Dead Sea

Friday

• Jesus' Steps - Last Days
• Via Dolorosa
• Church of the Holy Seprecure
• Western Wall
• Upper Room
• Skull Hill/Garden Tomb
• Shabat - Western Wall
• Travel from Tel Aviv to Philadelphia to Raleigh
  • Arrived 3 hours early, took full 3 hours to check bags (4lbs over), security, & passport control
  • 13 hour flight

Saturday

• 8 hour layover in Philadelphia
• Arrived home 3pm