Day one (and a half)
After Mark Peterson dropped us off at the airport, we had a short flight to Chicago before the 8 hour trip across the pond. Here, Pastor Max, Gina Miller, and Myself can be seen on the first flight. Altogether it took us about 24 ½ hours to get from BCC to Tel Aviv. All things considered, it was a smooth trip until we got over Israel when we got some turbulence but it was all fun and nothing too serious. Once through customs it was smooth sailing. Immediately upon breaking free of the lines of travelers we jumped on a bus and headed for Jaffa, which is about 30 minutes south of the Tel Aviv airport indeed, Tel Aviv was once a suburb of Jaffa, but I digress. Our group got to see some pretty awesome stuff including but not limited to, the house of Simon the Tanner (according to tradition), lots of old buildings and walkways, an excavation site of old Joppa, and many feral cats, Nate instructed us to not touch. I have tried to include the highlights below.
Some of the crew catch some sleep in Madrid
Just after getting off the bus in Jaffa
Downtown Tel Aviv from the top of Tel Jaffa
Dig site at Tel Jaffa (the stone arch is a replica of one they found with Pharaoh Ramses the 2nd’s name on it)
Some cat
View of the Mediterranean Sea from Jaffa
Written by Elijah Gust
All pictures by Elijah Gust
Nice photo's! If you do this everyday it will feel like we got to come with you. Dan & Joe "watched" you plane land from home while I "watched" from my office. I was excited for you as you got your first smells if Israel.
ReplyDeleteNice work Elijah! Well done. Great shot of my dear wife sleeping in yet another airport--she does that a lot. Keep up the great work and soak it all in.
ReplyDeleteSo well written, Elijah! Enjoyed reading this immensely!
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