On Sunday, October 11th, we journeyed out to Tel Aviv, Israel, to meet our Legatus travel group. We had a 3 hour plane ride from Vienna, and we felt sorry for the people who's flights lasted over 12 hours. However it turns out that they landed 1 1/2 hours earlier than expected. They headed off towards the Scotts Hotel while Garry, a trip coordinator waited for us, then when we landed we took a taxi. We had a small dinner and headed off to bed for an early night.
The next 8 days were jam packed with tons of information, ranging from why St. Jerome has a skull at his feet to how to tell what caves were used by people in the early centuries. (The skull represents that St. Jerome is only human; used caves had black roofs due to candles and fires being constantly lit in the cave)
My favorite day was when we went to the Mount of Beatitudes and the Dead Sea. The Mount was a spectacular area, filled with thick green grass, amazing flowers, and a fascinating panoramic view of the Sea of Galilee. Supposedly Jesus stood at the bottom of the mount while everyone sat up the hill, while most think it was the other way around (but it might help being God). He was probably using the wind off the sea to carry his voice, the current technology of the day. Along the paths to the church were stones carved with almost every beatitude.
I thought the Dead Sea was cool because....well its the Dead Sea! YOU FLOAT! Seamus and i took the muck from the bottom and spread it all over out chests, our first skin treatmeant. I look like i am 5 now beacuse the Dead Sea takes off 10 years.
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