Mt. Arbel is one of those lonely places that is talked about in the Gospels where Jesus went off to pray by himself. Well the reason why Mt. Arbel is a lonely place is that it is really tough to climb. We had to help each other at times climbing hand over hand to get to the top, from which we could see all of the Sea of Galilee and the surrounding county side. We took a different route down which was even more difficult than the route up, but we all made it safely.
We the had a great lunch of Falafels and Coke at a local restaurant and headed off to the Jezreel Valley. We stopped at the ruins of Zippori. This is a Roman villa just north of Nazareth built during the life of Jesus. It had beautiful stone work and amazing tile floors. Jesus' father was a teuton, or stone worker. It would seem reasonable that Joseph worked here possibly making the walls or beautiful floors.
From Zippori we travelled to Mt. Carmel. Here we learned about the Elijah story and saw right where it happened. When you actually climb these mountains you have such a better appreciation for what the people had to do to follow the Lord's commands.
We travelled to the Judean mountains and stayed in a Kibbutz from which we cold see Jerusalem and the Mediterranean Sea. It was so nice a cool staying on the Judean Mountains, a great change from where we had been staying.
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