Filed under: Israel
After finishing the blog last night on the plane, I only managed to get 30 minutes of sleep. I was exhausted (still am) when we got off the plane at Ben Gurion. We collected our entire luggage and headed out to our tour bus. At the bus I met Ruthie, Jac’line’s friend from Jerusalem and our tour guide. We got on the bus and headed out towards Caesarea, our first site of the day. (I realize that was a bit rushed, but really, nothing exciting happened in the airport). Mind you, it is only 10 AM Israel time and we have a whole day of sightseeing ahead of us.
Once on the bus we drove north out of Tel Aviv and along the Mediterranean coastline-think A1A or US 101. The trip to Caesarea took about an hour. While we were driving, I took the time to load a few geo-caches into my GPS that were at Caesarea. Yes, that’s right, geo-caches. That will be my own little adventure piece for this trip to the Holy Land. Many of these caches require the seeker to really search the location and I’m looking forward to exploring at these ancient structures. (more…)
Filed under: Israel
The journey has begun. I’m writing this from aboard a Boeing 777 flying over the North Atlantic. The flight is only two hours in and already my back is aching and I’m ready to be in Tel Aviv. The trip has not been without its surprises though. I spent much of my time in Tampa International putting together a resume to submit for an assistant youth minister position. I find resumes to be an all too brief way of applying for positions of ministry and thankfully, there is also an interview process. But more on that at a later date. The surprise with all this came when I tried to e-mail the final copy, only to find that the airport I was presently at (Newark) charged for an intermittent, weak wireless signal. I barely got the e-mail sent before we were getting on the plane to Tel Aviv. (more…)
