Now that I've had a week to catch up on some sleep and reflect on what we experienced out there, I'm going to start delving deeper into our explorations, from the origins of our redemption in Nazareth, to seeing the empty tomb in Jerusalem. I must say that I still feel I'm out there, particularly when I think about the Sea of Galilee and the place where we stayed on the shore near Tiberius for three days. It was heavenly. You can certainly understand why Christ chose this region to exercise his public ministry.Unfortunately my camera was not at Father Lawrence's house, so it must have got lost between Newcastle and Tel Aviv. I was so annoyed when rifling through my bag on the first night in Jerusalem only to realise that it wasn't there. I got some pictures on my mobile phone camera but they are not great. However, nearly every other pilgrim had a camera and plenty of photos were taken. There's been a steady flow of some coming through on email and Facebook in the last few days, so I should be able to illustrate each of the places with photos. I'll acknowledge who they came from and hope they don't mind me using them!
Our guide, Amer, is a Catholic from Nazareth. We all agreed that he was fantastic, reeling dates and facts off without any notes. He also had some interesting insights into Jewish law and tradition, the difficulties of being a Christian living in the Holy Land and his own reflections on the gospels. I regret not taking notes while he was talking, but I did take a few notes when back on the bus. I'll do my best to go into as much detail as possible, but some of the historical facts might be a bit general.
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