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Lunch on Mount Carmel
Pat Stagner shows us her lunch, a falafel: fried balls of mashed chickpeas
stuffed in pita bread with salad toppings. Proof of the American theory that
anything can taste good if you just fry it.
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Tiberias
Pat Stagner checks out the night life in Tiberias, after dining with the group
at the hotel. Several of us went along, and ended up having coffee and dessert
at a small coffeehouse near the Sea of Galilee.
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Sea of Galilee Boat Ride
From left to right:
Almon Williams,
Joyce & Ben Kearney,
Pat Stagner,
Yehuda Guy, and
Ferrell Jenkins
enjoy our boat ride across the Sea of Galilee.
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Sea of Galilee
Pat Stagner and
Julian Snell aboard
our boat on the Sea of Galilee.
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Banias (Caesarea Philippi)
Pat Stagner stands at the
base of Mount Hermon, in front of a niche with carvings
dedicated to the Greek Pan deity.
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Golan Heights
Pat Stagner and Ferrell enjoy the frigid breeze near the border of Israel and
Syria in the Golan Heights.
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Hill of Samaria
Pat Stagner befriends some Palestinian children on the hill of Samaria. Notice
the "Palestinian turkeys" in the background.
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Shopping in Bethlehem
Pat Stagner looks over some merchandise during the only official "shopping"
stop of the tour, at a reputable shop in Bethlehem.
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Cell Phones in the Old City
It seems almost everyone in Israel has his own cellular phone. Even children.
Here, in the heart of the Old City, our guide Yehuda Guy pauses to use his cell
phone, while Pat Stagner studies the path we have just traveled.
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Overlook from Masada
Pat Stagner looks out across the
Judean Desert from her perch on top of Masada.
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Essene Village at Qumran
Thaxter Dickey and Pat Stagner explore the ruins of Qumran, the (possibly)
Essene village near the spot where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. You
can see off in the hills, next to Pat's head, one of the caves where the jars
that contained the scrolls were found. Thaxter is standing in what tradition
holds was Martin Broadwell's bedroom when he was a member of the sect of the
Essenes during the first century.
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Qumran
Thaxter Dickey,
Catherine Bethea, and
Pat Stagner stroll among the ruins of Qumran.
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Sheep in Judea
Pat Stagner
holds a sheep on our way back from Jericho to Jerusalem.
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