Ein Gev Kibbutz, Mt. Tabor & Mt. of Transfiguration

There are many birds in Israel. You can hear cooing of pigeons and loud chirping of other birds all over. On the porch of our guesthouse at the Ein Gev Kibbutz there was a bird nest. Here is a picture of the bird sitting on the nest.

We could view the Sea of Galilee from the guesthouse.

Friday, the 26th February we set out from the guesthouse to visit Mount Tabor. It was at Mt. Tabor that Jesus was transfigured in the eyes of Peter, James and John. Now there is a church called the Basilica of the Transfiguration built at the top of the hill. We stood in line for a long time to get a taxi because the buses can't go up the winding road.

This is also the place where at the behest of Deborah, Barak went down from Mount Tabor and ten thousand men after him to fight Jabin, King of Hazor. This was one of the first large battles fought by the Israelites during their conquest of the land from the Canaanites.

There is a great view of the Jezreel plain, Nazareth, Samaria and the Galilee.

Friday was another rainy day. There was more rain in Israel than there usually is. Some of the roads flooded and we saw places that they had washed out.

Israel is much smaller that I expected. You can drive from North to South in about five hours.