Israel and Egypt Itinerary

Day 1 (Cairo)

Pyramid and Sphinx

Perfumery

Textile Shop (fancy word for t-shirt souveneirs)

Day 2 (travelling to Sinai Peninsula)

Church where Jesus and family escaped

Hanging Church

Papyrus Factory

6 hour drive through desert to Nuweiba (on the Red Sea)

Day 3 (border crossing, Jericho, Nazareth)

Drove through desert past the Dead Sea

Zachaeus Sycamore Tree

Mt. of Temptation

Day 4 (Galilee)

Mount of Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount)

Church of Multiplication (feeding the 5000)

St. Peter's Church (Jesus prepared breakfast after he appeared)

Boat ride on Sea of Galilee

Peter's house in Capernaum

Baptism in the River Jordan

Day 5 (Nazareth on Easter)

Team had a communion service

Mount of Transfiguration

Church of Annunciation where the angel told Mary she would give birth to Jesus

Cana where Jesus turned water into wine at the wedding

Day 6 (Nazareth to Bethlehem)

Mt. Carmel where Elijah fought the prophets of Baal

Herod's aqueduct at the port of Caesara

Tel Aviv

Ein Karem Church of the Visitation where Mary visited Elizabeth while they were pregnant

Church of John the Baptist (birthplace)

Church of the Nativity where Jesus was born

Day 7 (Jerusalem)

Free day for team

Went with a small group and had a tour of Jerusalem Old City

Wailing Wall

Different Quarters (Muslim, Jew, Christian, Armenian)

Day 8 (Jerusalem)

Mt. of Olives overlooking Jerusalem

Garden of Gethsemane

Dome of the Rock

Via Delarosa- the way of the Cross

Place of Jesus Crucifixion and Tomb

Light show at Tower of David (Citadel)

Day 9 (Dead Sea and Sinai)

Qumeran- caves in the hills where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found

Floated in the Dead Sea

Reached the base of Mount Sinai

Day 10 (Mt. Sinai)

Climbed Mt. Sinai (Mountain of Moses) at 2:00 am for the sunrise

Toured St. Catherine's Monastery

Burning bush of Moses

Well where Moses met his wife

Day 11 (Cairo)

Free day for team

Went to Citadel

Toured Egyptian military museum

Egyptian Museum

Pizza Hut!