July 2

 We started our day with a visit to an underground crusaders city named Akko. When the crusaders left the city local Arabs filled the town with dirt and built another city on top. We took an audio guided tour through the town and visited some of the common spaces. In its time it was the center for trade. We had lunch at a local restaurant. We visited a local mosque called Aljazar masque. We walked around and learned about bits of the religion. We then headed the the city of Nazareth where we visited the basilica of the annunciation. This church is built on top of the city of Nazareth. In the center of the church is the cave in which the angel Gabriel told Mary she was pregnant. It was a very beautiful church with mosaics of Mary from many countries. Also under the church was a room above what is believed to be Joseph and Mary’s house. We then got back into our bus and headed towards the Sea of Galilee where we are staying tonight. That’s all

-dagny