Back to Galilee

We were getting pretty lonely in Jerusalem without Cate and Chinua, and we were really missing the four aunties we live with back in Santa Cruz. We were ready to come home. But we still had a couple more days before our flight, so we headed back up to the Sea of Galilee. This time we stayed at a nice simple kibbutz guest house called Nof Genosar that was clean and restful...Just what we needed for the final leg of our journey.

Asha riding the luggage cart at Nof Ginosar


We took a day to visit the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus gave his sermon on the mount and Capernaum (Hebrew: Kfar Nahum) where Peter's mother in law lived and Jesus made his home base during most of his ministry.

The ancient villiage of Capernaum




View of the Sea of Galilee from Peter's home



On our way up to the church built above Peter's home and the ancient church there, a group of Indian tourists came through. Asha was so excited to do the "namaste" to them and receive a multitude of namastes and blessings and smiles and photographs in return!



Inside the church




Walking among the gardens at the Mount of Beatitudes


A Family Portrait


After these adventures, we took a trip to the city of Tiberias for dinner and free internet access. In the parking lot, we ran into Elad, one of the rainbow elders. He saw us and said, "Oh this must be a divine appointment!" as he needed help to jump start his car. We found out that the gathering kept growing after the full moon and was still going on full power, which gave us a wonderful idea...