Today was a day that we went to go visit some famous churches in this Nazareth and Cana. There are at least two, with some orthodox churches as well. First we went to go see the church of the wedding feast of cana. It was a simple church and you notice that all of the shops around the church sell "wedding wine". One thing that I have noticed and especially if I am going to come back here as a priest leading a tour group is that you need to take a lot of time before hand preparing for the places that you are going to visit so that they become places that are special. I was not able to do that for this place in particular and so only stopped by very quickly. Nevertheless, it was nice to be there.
Then we went to this place called "Nazareth Village". This was started by a local group that wanted to bring to life some of the scenes from the life of Jesus. For instance, they work the land, they shepherd goats, the work on wood, and they wear the clothes that would have been worn in those days. It was a little bit "cheesy" but I think it gave you the idea that it was quite difficult to live around here 2000 years ago. I mean, the weather has been upwards of 85 F, but without any air conditioning! So I have been very sweaty.
Then we stopped by the Basilica of the Annunciation. This church has the peculiar trait about it that it actually has the house where the annunciation was made to Mary. The house, you can see in the picture above, and it was found when they were laying a foundation for the church. This was a moment that I really wished I had stayed around for at least 1 or 2 hours more, just to really enjoy the moment. It also would have been nice to have gone to Mass there. In a few days, I will upload more pictures to Flickr.com
Lastly, we enjoyed a delicious dinner at the Hotel and a fun evening laughing with some friends by the beautiful Sea of Galilee.
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