| Israel Album |
| Israel is a small country of 7 million people and is 1/5 the size of Colorado. The laws of the country are based on the Jewish religion. Most farms are cummunal. It has extensive history for the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions. The photos are from film. |
| The walled city of ancient Jerusalem. |
| The Church at the Garden of Gethsemane. |
| The Halocaust Museum in Jerusalem. |
| Joanne at the Church of the Nativity at the site where Jesus was born. |
| The Wailing Wall where Jews pray. |
| Masada where the people refused to submit to King Herod. In the end they all committed suicide. |
| Calvary where Jesus was crucified. |
| The Dead Sea is 1,412 feet below sea level and 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. |
| The ancient site of Caesarea, the stadium for games. |
| The Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. |
| Our boat for a sail on the Sea of Galilee. |
| The Mount of Beatitudes. |
| The entrance into Capharnaum where Jesus lived. |
| St Peter's Memorial in Capharnaum were St. Peter also lived. |
| Tabgha where Jesus fed the multitudes. |
| Yardenit, site on the Jordan River where Jesus was baptised and Pilgrims get baptised. |
| Left the cave of Pan the Greek god. Right the most ancient city in Israel, Megiddo. |
| Megiddo, the crossroads of trade in the middle east in ancient times. |
| There were Israeli checkpoints and Palestinian checkpoints. |
| Palestinian Muslims kiosk selling souvenirs. |
| Jerusalem |
| Left: Entering the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Right: Inside the upper chamber of the Church of the Nativity. |
| Friends we made for life on the trip. In the evening the lady with the hat and her husband witnessed our marriage. |
| Bedouin camp sites in the desert. |
| After the Dead Sea we went to the Museum of the Dead Sea Scrolls. |
| And after all that we got married. We had 3 priests and a monsignor marry us. See more wedding photos under "Spiritual Sites Page". |
| Our Wedding Day, February 20, 1996 |
| The next day we went to the Garden Tomb where Jesus is thought to have been buried. |
| Left: The first station of the Via Dolorosa. |
| Believed to be the stone where Jesus was laid after crucifixion. |
| The site in the Church of the Nativity where Jesus was born. |