Tuesday night Grandma and Grandpa returned to the U.S., and we miss them a lot! We had a wonderful time with them and made many amazing memories. I wanted to post about our one-day trip to Galilee last Saturday. We visited Bet She'an/Scythopolis (an ancient decapolis city dating back to the late Roman period, destroyed by the earthquake of 749 A.D.), Korazim (Chorazin in the New Testament - one of the towns in which Jesus taught), and Tabgha, where there is a spring flowing into the Sea of Galilee.
Bet She'an/Scythopolis...
The Roman Street of Scythopolis lined with columns
Josiah, Tim, and Abby showing the width of the columns
Michelle and Caleb examining the mosaic on the bathhouse floor
Caleb and Josiah put on a sword-fight play for us on the stage of the theater.
Here they are taking a bow as we applaud.
Okay, ladies, get this: We think WE make the restroom a social gathering. The Romans had communal restrooms where they all sat on the toilets pictured below (right side along the wall), chatted with each other, and likely even had live music playing!
Korazim (Chorazin)...
Tim told us the parable about the woman who lost a coin. It was likely that her floor was a stone floor like this one, so we experienced how difficult it was to find a lost coin after Tim threw it into another "room" and had us go look for it.
Ancient olive press dating back to the time of Jesus (the large rolling stone you see
was what smashed the olives.)
The place where the boys are standing is where the olive oil was collected.
Tim with his parents at Korazim
Ancient roof roller used for rolling out the mud for a roof. The boys enjoyed trying to roll it themselves. It wasn't easy!!
Tabgha...
Our "hike" over the rocks to get to the beach
Our family in the Sea of Galilee
Tim told us some stories from the Bible that referred to the Sea of Galilee.
Sunset over the Sea
very cool, tim! great to see you back there... i miss the land often. hope you are having a blast with your family!
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