Israel Day 2: Jaffa, Caesarea, Haifa, Nazareth
Posted on January 27, 2012 by Lisa M. Hendey
Today was an amazing and full day of touring and praying around Israel. As I write this in the lobby of my Nazareth hotel, I am definitely feeling the lack of sleep, but my heart is full of peace and joy. Much of what I have learned and experienced today still needs to be mentally processed and prayed over, but I did want to share some photos from this incredible day to let you see some of what I saw with my own eyes.
A warning that these photos could never do justice to the incredible beauty I experienced in the past fourteen hours. In the space of one calendar day we saw and did so much and covered so many miles. Since this is a professional trip for writers and not necessarily a pilgrimage, we did not linger in the sites the way that I will hope to do when I come back again — hopefully one day soon…
Here’s a bit of what we took in today in Israel:
Jaffa artist colony
Caesarea, where Herod built a Roman theater and aqueduct
Stella Maris in Haifa, a lovely Marian church and Carmelite monastery
Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth
Dinner in Nazareth – another amazing display of Israel’s culinary treats at Tishreen – fantastic food
Time to crawl to bed. Tomorrow promises to be full of amazing adventures.
About Lisa M. Hendey, Author Of This Post
This is the travel account here on the blog for CatholicMom.com Founder and Editor Lisa M. Hendey. Since these posts come from far and wide via Lisa's iPhone and iPad, please bear with any formatting discrepancies. Lisa loves sharing the her "view from my office" features around the world and her travel adventures with our readers. Find more posts from Lisa and her full bio here.
You are so precious. I want to play with you.
Looks like you’re having a good time, Lisa. Israel is a wonderful country to visit. I didn’t make it to Nazareth…looks awesome.