Great Falafel

On the bus at 7:30 a.m. And off to visit a spot I've not been to before - the Valley of the Pigeons near the biblical village of Migdal on the Sea of Galilee.  Saw the pass between two mountains (Mittay and Ardel) through which the ancient road that would have gone to Cana runs.
Went to Kibbutz Nof Ginnosaur to see the "Jesus" boat, an archaeological find from the 1980's that dates to the time of Christ.  Visited some sites of great biblical stories including the multiplication of loaves and fishes and the synagogue at Capernaum.  Also visited the Mt. Of Beatitudes and saw a cave that could be the sort of place Jesus would go to when he went off by himself. 
We went to the Druze village of Magdal Shams along the Israel Syria border and saw the "Valley of Shouting".  This is a place where families with folks on the Israeli side and Syrian sides of the border would shout to each other to communicate as this has been and remains a closed border.  We had lunch at a small Druze restaurant there and two words: great falafel.  Wow.
Saw the headwaters of the Jordan at the foot of Mt. Hermon and was reminded once more with feeling of the importance of water in the biblical narrative from beginning to end and the ongoing vital role of water for us today, both in the spiritual and physical sense.
A good solid first day of sites!  Not sure if pictures are showing up - if so, here's one of Julie and I at the Sea of Galilee.  If not, I'll fix it later.

later.