Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Revised Itinerary

After some discussion with Malcolm, our Israeli tour guide, we have made a few adjustments to our itinerary. These should result in an even better tour than we first had planned. Here's the itinerary as currently planned:

Sat, Feb 24 - Depart from SFO 7:50 pm, British Airways Flight #286

Sun, Feb 25 - Arrive London Heathrow 2:00 pm, afternoon tour of London
- Depart from London Heathrow 11:30 pm, British Airways Flight # 163

Mon, Feb 26 - Arrive Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport 5:25 am (ugh!)
- Tour: Caesarea Maritima, Mt Carmel, Megiddo, Nazareth

Tue, Feb 27 - Boat ride on Sea of Galilee, New Testament Boat, Mt. of Beatitudes, Tabgha, Capernaum, Arbel, Jordan River Baptism (Courtney Gunn is getting baptized!)

Wed, Feb 28 - South Golan, Kfar Hartuv outlook, Golan Heights, Kuneitra overview, Banias, Dan, Hazor, Korazim, Kursi - Gergasa slope, Jordan River

Thu, Mar 1 - Bet She'an, Dead Sea

Fri, Mar 2 - Massada, Ein Gedi, Qumran, Jericho, Wadi Kelt

Sat, Mar 3 - Emmaus-Latrun, Emek HaElah, BeerSheba, Ashkelon, Jaffa

Sun, Mar 4 - Western Wall Tunnel, Temple Institute, Herodian Quarter, South Wall

Mon, Mar 5 - Mt. Zion, Tomb of David - Upper Room, Israel Museum & Model, Yad Vashem, Bethlehem

Tue, Mar 6 - Western (Wailing) Wall, Temple Mount, Bethesda, Ecce Homo, Via Dolorosa, Gallicantu, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Garden Tomb - Communion

Wed, Mar 7 - Mt. of Olives, Dominus Flevit, Gethsemane, City of David - Siloam, Tayelet, Herodian

Thu, Mar 8 - Free day in Jerusalem

Fri, Mar 9 - Depart Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport 7:25 am, British Airways Flight #162
- Arrive London Heathrow 11:10 am
- Depart London Heathrow 1:45 pm British Airways Flight #287
- Arrive SFO 4:35 pm
- Home Sweet Home - 2 days to rest up before going back to work or school on Monday.