Tuesday on the Mediterranean Coast

What a great day! We spent most of the day at Caesarea on the coast. We also drove through Nazareth. What good can come from Nazareth? In today's day I'm not too sure. It certainly is a split city of extremes. The upper part of the city seems to be very wealthy, and the lower part very poor.

However, we started the day at Megiddo. Megiddo is a city which they archaelogists have dated back over 5,000 years. The rubble they are working on now had to be dug down 25 meters just to reach the rubble. It is another city which built upon ruined city over ruined city. Hence, the large amount of rubble.

This is also the site - according to Revalations - where Armageddon is supposed to take place, hence, Megiddo.

The history in this country is absolutely astounding.

Caesarea was one of Herod's cities. He had yet another palace here. The water is incredibly beautiful at the Mediterranean. Teals, blues and greens. Absolutely amazing! There is an aquaduct here that is 5 km long. Hard to believe the amount of work that was put into these buildings and cities just after the birth of Christ. Caesarea is where Paul was tried and he asked to see Caesar so they sent him back to Rome where he was executed. To think we were walking in areas where Jesus (Nazareth) and Paul (Caesarea) actually saw the same things we see today - I think the sea was still the same color - is just truly inspiring.

Well, it's the end of a long day. We are getting worried about our return flight as it goes via London. I'll be calling the airline tomorrow, so keep us in your prayers!

At this point we've put our feet in the Red Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sea of Galilee, and the Medierranean. We're thinking, if we have to, we may be adding the Indian Ocean and the Pacific onto our list of bodies of water - just to get home!