Mediterranean Sea

Today I swam in the Mediterranean Sea! It was absolutely beautiful. It really wasn’t cold at all, as I imagined it might be. We swam out to these piled up rocks a little offshore. It was quite a swim out there… but the view was spectacular!! Swimming around in the cool, clear, bluish-green water was refreshing. This morning we started out with a Museum. It covered so much Jewish History. It was a little overwhelming, but very interesting to learn about all the Jewish Holidays and customs. We also got to see models of the Jewish Synagogues around the world. They were incredibly intricate and detailed. I definitely appreciated seeing how the different places around the world have their own style represented in their place of worship.

For lunch, I went with the girls to a lovely little place called LoveEat in Tel Aviv. Mark magically appeared behind us as we were ordering to make sure we weren’t having trouble with the menu. Mandy and I split a delicious pasta with chicken, herbs, olive  oil, and some vegetables. It was really, really good!

The last place we visited was called Joppa in Biblical times, but today is called Jaffa. Jonah visited Joppa right before Tarshish (Jonah 1:3) Jaffa is one of the oldest functioning harbors in the world.  It was a beautiful view.  Peter also came to Joppa from Lydda when he raised Tabitha from the dead in Act 9. While he was there, he stayed at the house of Simon the Tanner, where he had a vision on the roof. We went by Simon’s house.

Tonight we had coffee…again. There are some pretty adorable coffee shops near our campus. Coffee Shop is our favorite so far. Original name right?? : ) It is so much fun, though. We will be gone for a couple days on a little camping/safari trip. I am so excited!! I love camping. The club music has already started outside, but we have gotten used to the sound now, so it puts us right to sleep.