From Nazareth to Jerusalem

After a wonderful Thanksgiving meal, we were invited to stay with David and Anna, the couple heading up the Jesus Trail, for a few days. We accepted and got some much needed down time, thanks guys, we really enjoyed getting to know you a bit better and learning more about the Jesus Trail.

Craig and are really enjoying our time in Israel, the people have been super kind and welcoming. The store owners usually want to know where you are coming from and upon hearing California, they usually get a smile on their face and tell us about some relative that lives there or on the east coast. This is all followed by a common, but still genuine, "Welcome". The children usually are a bit curious, and smile, most greeting us with a "shalom" and today Craig got a little one wanting a high five, super cute. The most unusual thing in Nazareth and maybe it will be common here in Jerusalem too, is seeing children with guns. Gotcha! They're not real guns, they are either air soft guns or cap guns, but they are black and resemble real guns, well at least for the untrained eye they do. I was bummed that the camera wasn't working yesterday because we saw loads of kids carrying these guns. The best was on the way back from Mt.Precipice. There were four or five kids all carrying flower bouquets in one hand and guns in the other-it was perfect, but the camera wasn't working so you will have to take my word for it and use your imagination.

Craig and I left Nazareth today at about 7pm for Jerusalem. We plan on staying here for a few days. Good news, we are here safe and have beds to sleep in. Bad news, our camera has died again, this is the longest it's gone without coming back, so ...we will see. -Wow, it just came back as I finished typing that sentence-yahoo! Ok, so we took a two hour bus ride from Nazareth and walked into Old City Jerusalem, entering through Jaffa Gate. Tonight we are staying between the Christian and Jewish quarter of old City Jerusalem. Tomorrow we will explore and take loads of pictures to make up for the two days of a broken camera. Goodnight.