My Top Ten Pictures of Israel thus Far

The church on the Mount of Beatitudes

The cave where Elijah is said to have heard God in the silence

The rock on which Jesus is said to have breakfasted with his disciples after the resurrection, at the Sea of Galilee

At the Church of the Annunciation - the image from Thailand

Muskrats in the Jordan River

The cute National Parks mascot, Artzi

Nimrod Fortress

Mt. Hermon

The Church that celebrates the miracle of the loaves and fishes - the rock underneath the altar is where Jesus supposedly blessed the food

A mosaic of an Amazon warrior from Zippori

Notice the lion sculpture and the Arabic - this is at Nimrod Fortress