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TuesdayEin Gev, Holiday Resort, Israel
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We have returned for the evening and will be spending our last night at Ein Gev so we spent the last hour in the room re-packing our bags and preparing for an early morning departure. I think that we have done what we can to prepare and now it's time to return to Sunday.
After our second visit to Nazareth we drove to another ruin: Beit She'an which among many other impressive sites has the largest intact Colosseum.
Our in-country guide, Asher, spent a couple of summers a few years ago digging in and uncovering parts of the site. It is still under construction and he seemed genuinely excited about seeing what they have done since his last visit. This day was a walking tour in the ruins and I was hot and sweaty. Tired? Yes. Still enjoying the trip? Yes!
What are they sitting on?
Our last stop of the day was at Yardenit which is on the Jordan River and where someone has created a baptismal site for pilgrims who want to be baptized in the water where Jesus was baptized.
It is certainly more commercialized for my taste and since the scriptures place the location of His baptism near the region of Jordan and Jerusalem this place for me was truly unadulterated exploitation. Nevertheless we witness some fun as people were rejoicing as many were being baptized.
I had also promised a friend at work that I would bring him some water from Jordan so that he could give it to his priest to perform baptisms. Judy was good enough to scoop some into a water bottle for me. I hope that it makes the journey home safely.
Another long day. Sunday was finally over: another beautiful sunset recorded. Dinner and then bed.
Monday morning we arose leisurely at 5:30 and got ready for breakfast and boarding the bus for a push off by 0800.
More pictures from Sunday here: https://plus.google.com/photos/110443086774709195319/albums/5987142449121461217?authkey=CPHdsarT75KjDg
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