The Golan Heights, in my opinion, has got to be one of the best views in Isreal.... We saw Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, all countries bordering Israel. The Damascus Road, where Paul had his amazing encounter with Christ, is visible from the Heights. We also got to walk through an old barracks used by the Israeli army. It was really neat to see where the fighting actually takes place and to meet some of the soldiers on active duty. From the Golan Heights we traveled down to Caeserea Philippi. We stopped for some lunch, Druze pizza. It was rather interesting....pita bread with some kind of strong cheese and zata (olive oil with some spices in it). The Druze are a secret religion who believe in Allah but do not believe in Mohammad. Caeserea Philippi was an extremely interesting site. The first thing we learned about Caeserea Philippi was that it is where the Messianic Confession was made by Peter. It's important because it is a political and spiritual site. The gates of Hell are located here, along with temples dedicated to Pan, the god of nature. So many idols and artifacts were laying around everywhere still. From Caeserea Philippi we traveled over to Tel Dan. This was a nature reserve and probably my favorite stop of the day. We took a hike through the woods and learned about the significance of Tel Dan. It is one of the rivers that runs into the Jordan and is extremely clean water. It is also one of the best sources of water in Israel. Along our walk we saw the Canaanite Gate. This is the gate that Abraham himself walked through. That was one of the most amazing and most ancient things we have seen so far. Not far from there we saw the place where Samuel sat as a judge. This was also interesting because it was so close to so many other artifacts that were hundreds of years older than it. Today was the most fun day and I feel like we saw the most interesting things, even though we were on our bus for at least 5 and a half hours total. Israel couldn't be more amazing...
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