Tonight we are staying in Netanya, a city on the Mediterranean Sea. This picture was taken from our balcony.

Today we arrived in Tel Aviv and drove by bus directly to Caesarea Maritime. This is the official description of Caesarea: An important biblical seaport located south of modern Haifa. Built at enormous expense by HEROD the Great between 25 and 13 B.C., and named in honor of Caesar Augustus, the city was sometimes called Caesarea of Palestine to distinguish it from Caesarea Philippi. Herod spent 12 years building his seaport jewel on the site of an ancient Phoen...

Step 1, we made it to Chicago. Thanks to Rachel, Leyton and Jewel for a smooth ride to the airport.

We are ready to go. A long day of travel tomorrow.

We are at home in Murfreesboro getting ready to leave for Israel on Monday. We will be leaving Nashville about 8 am, flying to Chicago and then to New York. We will meet the rest of the group in New York and leave there at 7 pm for Tel Aviv.