there's a sea of galilee..

I don't know if I said that yesterday was a good day. If I did then I was lying a little bit if you compare it to today.

They gave us a wake up call at 7 this morning so I rolled out of bed at 7:35 and went downstairs for breakfast. At 8 we left the hotel to hop on a boat to go out on the Sea of Galilee. There's not really much I can say about the boat ride but it was just awesome being on there on the same sea where Jesus walked on water and calmed the storms. It one of the only places that the Catholics can't build a church over.

Then we went on to the Mount of the Beatitudes, which is supposedly where Jesus gave the sermon on the mount. Again, there's not really much to say other than it being awesome to see some of the same things that Jesus and the apostles saw. It was a beautiful view of the sea, though. Israel is much different than I expected. Much greener.

Later, we moved on the Capernaum, which was kind of like Jesus' second home town. This was really cool because some of the town hasn't been touched in centuries. Part of the town has been preserved by the Franciscans for quite some time.

My favorite part of the day (although Galilee was the most meaningful) was when we hiked up a mountain.We got to explore some caves and and do some actual rock climbing, which I like a lot more than just hiking. When we got to the top there was another great view of the Sea of Galilee.

When we got back to Tiberius (where we're staying), I went with Shannon, Calea, Cody, and Eric to get some how chocolate from some coffee shop. Then I went again after dinner with Mark, Molly, Tillie, and LaRell because it was delicious.