Drunken Geckos, Steroidic Birds, and Other Highlights of israel

Nazareth.  We’re in a hotel in Nazareth overlooking the Sea of Galilee.  And do you know what atrocities I’ve already witnessed?  No TV in our room.  No wireless in our room.  We have to go all the way down to the lobby.  What kind of place is this?  Who wants to look out the window at the sea when there should be a perfectly functioning television in front of you?  Where you can see movies.  About the sea.  Honestly, I don’t know what I’m going to do with these people. 

Okay, funny moment I just remembered and I believe is worth documenting.  Actually, it could go in the quote book, so pay attention.  We’re talking about the fact that if you get your passport stamped in Israel, you won’t be able to go into places like Syria.  One of the girls in the group looks up and seems confused about that.  “Really?” she questions.  We affirm that.  She says, “What, they don’t get along?”  Hee hee hee.  I laughed.  Er, where have you been?  It was pretty funny.

Well, we saw some pretty cool stuff today, like Caesarea, the Nazareth Village, and now Nazareth.  And tomorrow we’ll see more cool stuff, and the best part?  We’re staying in this hotel!  After moving in and out of hotels everyday, it will be nice to stay put for just one day.  The Nazareth Village was really cool.  It wasn’t authentic remains or anything, but it was cool because they had recreated what a lot of Jesus’ village would have looked like.  It was tons of fun to see a home of a carpenter, watch him use his tools, and walk around to little bedrooms.  Sort of helps you picture stories in the Bible a little better.  We got to see a synagogue too, which was spiffy.

Well, that’s about all you’ll get out of me right now.  I’m headed to dinner.  Ciao mein and all that.

Did ew know...?

Americans have the best humour: they laugh twice...once when they hear the joke, and again when they get it.

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P.S.  The food was great. Of course, I was pretty hungry.  But they had these nummy candied pears in some kind of wine sauce or something.  They were excellent.

P.P.S. After dinner we strolled down to a very small beach (which was difficult because Daddy never taught us how to stroll).  There was no one else there, so we helped ourselves to the beach chairs.  It was really lovely.  We mostly just relaxed there, and watched a bird I'm sure was on steroids fly around frantically like it was the end of the world.  It was pretty funny.  Then, after dipping our feet in the sea, we turned to leave, and saw a crab.  I tried to get close and be friendly, but he was like, "Yeah, right, lady, I don't think so."  Ah well.

P.P.P.S.  I forgot to mention the gecko we found at the last hotel.  It was in the vineyard area, where they squash the grapes.  The had a bucket of leftover grape skins and such.  There was a gecko in the bucket, his feet totally purple, and when we picked him up, he just sat there, totally stoned.  It was pretty funny.  Interesting animals here in Israel...

Daddy:

Falafel is a kind of sandwich in pita bread.  It has some ground up chickpea mixture rolled in a ball and fried.  Then you put other sauces and garnishes in it.  It's really good.

And you can tell the guys that the next one to crack jokes about eating cats is being sent their own private mummy curse.  So there.