June 7
A very good day. I was in a much better mood then I had been in the day before. Our first stop was Acco, a port city on the coast of the Mediterranean. Several famous people are associated with this town. Paul stayed here for a day, the knight’s templar ran a hospital, Marco Polo, saint Francis of Assisi and Napoleon were also associated with the city.
We got there and started walking towards the city. Some kid was walking past us and hit me on the leg with a tennis ball… I was in the lead because not very many of the people in our group walk as fast as I do. So I was out in front of everyone for a while. We stopped by this scenic outlook area that was pretty cool. There were ramparts. I ran up the part that was for the horses. THEN I SAW THE MEDITERRANEAN! It was beautiful. We walked up on the wall where we weren’t supposed to be. (Dr. Appold is pretty cool about letting us do what we want at places like this. Pretty sure he got up on the wall too. He didn’t cross over into Lebanon though).




After climbing on those walls and looking over the city and the Sea we moved closer to the sea and ran around/climbing on the rocks and this large whale (Jonah’s whale). It was fun, and I touched the Mediterranean. It was quite exciting. We relaxed over there for a while before heading to walk through the Knight’s Templar Tunnel. After that we walked through the town for a while until we got to another look out point where we had a short worship service. We wanted to leave shortly after that, but Nick had wondered off so we had to go look for him… As we were leaving, Nate led us down some very good interesting streets. I wanted to stop and look at the markets, but we couldn’t because we were in a hurry.



After that we drove to Zefat – interesting driving habits in the Middle East. They tend to make a third lane whenever they need to pass someone. It is fun to watch as long as I don’t have to drive.
Anyway, we got to Zefat where we got our first chance to walk around on our own. Laura Beth, Heidi and I walked around a bit before sitting down at a little falafel café for drinks and ice cream. Justin joined us and then a few others meandered in and out. A different group met this artist from Russia which was apparently pretty interesting.
After we left Zefat we went to Hatzor – It was a city-state during Joshua’s time. It was pretty cool. There was a dog that followed us around. The views were spectacular. I climbed a tree, then Laura Beth and Heidi joined us and I joked about defeating the people under the other tree. Justin was the first person to come over to where we were, which made my joke slightly funnier. He used to be in the army, and there is no way I could have taken him out…