Our first stop is in Nazareth to see a recreation of a village at the time of Christ. Our guide told us about life in the village and related many of Christ's parables along with the way including the Parable of the Sower, the Woman and the Lost Coin, and the Wise and the Foolish Builders. We learned that the reason you crush the grapes with your feet and not with the millstone, is the millstone would crush the grape seeds and give bitter wine - how clever. We saw an ancient olive press where we learned about the various grades of olive oil: extra virgin, virgin, and plain old diesel (I made the last part up). Of course the best was reserved for ceremonial uses in the synagogues and the temple which is a nice segue to what we saw next: the synagogue. Here, Tim read from Luke 4:16-21 recounting the time when Jesus came into the synagogue in Nazareth and read from scroll of Isaiah 61 summarizing it with, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." 
From here, we went to Tel Megiddo, the site of many historical battles and one big one to come. We also went to Mt. Carmel where Tim did his rendition of Isaiah taking on the prophets of Baal and then on to Caesarea to see the incredible building and subsequent ruin of King Herod's city. I'll write more about all of this later but now it's time for dinner.
Oh, and for Don, a sneak preview of things to come:- Colin for Tim
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