Reflection by Katie:
On Wednesday we drove on a bus with the mar Elias kids to Nazareth where we spent the morning on a tour guided by Linda from Michigan (we all think we was crazy). I think I could say that our favourite part of the tour was the spice shop where we got to taste test all of the dried fruit that they make there. Some of our favourites were dried orange peel, coconut and pineapple. Te candied pecans were also very delicious. After our tour we had free time to wander the narrow streets of Nazareth where we visited the suq (market), experienced new culture, and tried new foods. The shawarma and falafels were absolutely delicious. We also went to the church of annunciation (where Mary was told that she would conceive a child. Our day was filled with fun adventures which made our beds so appealing.
Thursday was the first day of the Jesus trail. We hiked from Nazareth to Cana which is about 16 km of pure sauna. The hike wasn't challenging but it was hot, we got lost a couple of times but Karl eventually managed to guide us in the right direction. For lunch we stopped in a National park called Zippori which was filled with old roman ruins and architecture such as an amphitheatre, a fortress and tons of mosaiques made up of tiny pieces of tile. When we reached Cana we were welcomed into a hostel hosted by a lovely family who served us a ton of food and some wine. (We had to have some because this was where Jesus performed the miracle of turning water into wine) our evening was pretty relaxing because everyone was tired from walking so we ended up playing cards, visiting and eating cake because it was Coles birthday.
Today (Friday, June 7th) we walked from Cana to Ilnya in under four hours which was quite nice. We arrived at our hostel and were truely in heaven when we saw a pool that was awaiting our arrival. Tonight we are sleeping in yurts which are like large huts which is quite interesting and exciting! By the way, almost everyone has done their own laundry here, so now you know that they are capable of doing it at home too!
All is going well :)
Katir
On Wednesday we drove on a bus with the mar Elias kids to Nazareth where we spent the morning on a tour guided by Linda from Michigan (we all think we was crazy). I think I could say that our favourite part of the tour was the spice shop where we got to taste test all of the dried fruit that they make there. Some of our favourites were dried orange peel, coconut and pineapple. Te candied pecans were also very delicious. After our tour we had free time to wander the narrow streets of Nazareth where we visited the suq (market), experienced new culture, and tried new foods. The shawarma and falafels were absolutely delicious. We also went to the church of annunciation (where Mary was told that she would conceive a child. Our day was filled with fun adventures which made our beds so appealing.
Thursday was the first day of the Jesus trail. We hiked from Nazareth to Cana which is about 16 km of pure sauna. The hike wasn't challenging but it was hot, we got lost a couple of times but Karl eventually managed to guide us in the right direction. For lunch we stopped in a National park called Zippori which was filled with old roman ruins and architecture such as an amphitheatre, a fortress and tons of mosaiques made up of tiny pieces of tile. When we reached Cana we were welcomed into a hostel hosted by a lovely family who served us a ton of food and some wine. (We had to have some because this was where Jesus performed the miracle of turning water into wine) our evening was pretty relaxing because everyone was tired from walking so we ended up playing cards, visiting and eating cake because it was Coles birthday.
Today (Friday, June 7th) we walked from Cana to Ilnya in under four hours which was quite nice. We arrived at our hostel and were truely in heaven when we saw a pool that was awaiting our arrival. Tonight we are sleeping in yurts which are like large huts which is quite interesting and exciting! By the way, almost everyone has done their own laundry here, so now you know that they are capable of doing it at home too!
All is going well :)
Katir
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