We have now ventured on to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and flew from Tel Aviv to Cairo airport and We then had to find the next terminal without any signs to point theway. You had to get a shuttle bus and had to pay for someone to show us where the bus stop was.Having noEgyptian money as yet, we gave him an old $2 note, he wasn't very happy with that.After arriving at Sharm El Sheik at 7.00am (we left Tel Aviv at 1.10am, which means we had been flying and in a...

Today, was my favourite, we headed north to the foot of the Golan Heights where we arrived in Nazareth and visited the Church of the Annunciation where Mary received word from God that she would conceive his son.We also visited the house of Simon Peter and the town of Jesus- Capernaum where the ruins were amazing.We also went to the Monastery at Tabgha, where the rock is kept where Jesus stood and did the miracle of the loaves and fishes.Five churches have sinc...

Our next day out was to Masada and the Dead Sea, Masada was a fortress built by King Herod on top of a mountain in the Judean desert, theruins were very interesting.Just before the Romans conquered Masada, all the people there suicided as they would rather die by thereown hands.We also saw the cave where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. After leaving Masada, we headed off to the Dead Sea where we floated as it is impossible to sink as there is so much salt in ...

Hi everybody, This is just a quick update as I have just 5 minutes before the net runs out. We are having a wonderful time on our travels and the photos tell the story. Tomorrow we will be off to Israel for a week and then meeting up with our daughter Kristina in Sharm El Sheik in Egypt. Hope you are all well. It is baking hot over here. Will try to up date again soon.

Hi everybody, This is just a quick update as I have just 5 minutes before the net runs out. We are having a wonderful time on our travels and the photos tell the story. Tomorrow we will be off to Israel for a week and then meeting up with our daughter Kristina in Sharm El Sheik in Egypt. Hope you are all well. It is baking hot over here. Will try to up date again soon.