tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63119389484295045992012-04-15T19:49:47.051-07:00Holy Land tour with host Professor George Gunn, Shasta Bible College and Graduate School, 2/24/07 - 3/9/07Host, George Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12636425906237812507noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311938948429504599.post-64715402978206213762007-03-08T07:04:00.001-08:002007-03-08T07:04:35.328-08:00

Well today is our last day in Israel. They give us a free day. Ithink they call it a "free" day because all our money has been spentand anything we do will have to be for free ;-)After breakfast this morning most of us walked down to the Old City,about a 20 minute walk from the hotel. People went all differentdirections in groups of various sizes. My wife, and daughter, andPastor Rob Brown from

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Today was a relatively light day of touring. We started out at 8:00AM, a half hour later than usual. We began today's journey byvisiting the Israel museum which now houses the scale model of the1st century city of Jerusalem. This model used to be in an entirelydifferent location, but was recently moved in its entirety to thislocation. Here, we also visited the scroll of the Book, the

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It hardly seems possible that our tour is almost over! Just one moreday of guided touring, then one free day in Jerusalem before we headback to the good old USA.Today we began by going to the south temple mount where we viewed a1st century street on the southwest corner that had gotten wreckedwhen the Romans threw the temple stones down from the mount in the AD70 destruction, then around on the

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Sunday began with a visit to the Western wall (Wailing Wall) followedby a tour of the Western wall tunnel. This tunnel is amazing; in itone can see some of the huge stones laid by Herod the Great'sworkers. Also there are incredible water systems built to support themassive numbers of pilgrims who would visit the temple at the Jewishfeast days.After coming out of the tunnel, we ascended the Mt. of

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Well, we've finally gotten to where I have some free internet access.We are now located in Jerusalem. After leaving the region of the Seaof Galilee, we spent one night in a hotel on the Dead Sea whereeveryone had a chance to float in the most dense body of water on theface of the earth (about 35% solid) also the lowest point on the faceof the earth (about 1,320 feet below sea level). The next day

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Our tour has gotten off to a more or less smooth start. However, one tour member who comes from New Mexico had a late connecting flight, and never got on our light from San Francisco. We didn't know what happened to her until the end of our first day in Israel. It turns out she spend 24 hour in the San Francisco airport, had her baggage lost, but eventually got a flight to Israel and joined us

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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 #286Sun, Feb 25 - Arrive London Heathrow 2:00 pm, afternoon tour of London - Depart from London

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