The Yella Trip

Hello all those who are checking out the Yella 2010 Trip Blog,

My name is Stephen Cox, and I'm one of the faith partners on this trip.

I thought that it would be good to make the first entry our detailed itinerary so that anyone who's following us knows where we're at.

So here is our travel itinerary which gives fairly detailed descriptions of what we'll be up to each day. This should provide a nice framework as you read the entries to match up what people are writing about with our stage on the journey.

Hope it helps.

Monday 10: Arrive Ben Gurion - transfer to Nazareth introduction to Nazareth - Nazareth Village tour. Short orientation after dinner.

Tuesday 11: Jesus Trail - Walk from Nazareth to Sephoris, the primary city of the Galilee, lunch, then on the Cana, site of Jesus' first miracle. 13.5km.

Wednesday 12: Jesus Trail - Cana to Kibbutz Lavi. Overnight on Kibbutz. 14.4 km.

Thursday 13: Jesus Trail - Kibbutz Lavi to Arbel. Catch the first view of the Sea of Galilee. Overnight on Moshav Arbel in rustic cabins. 16.1 km.

Friday 14: Jesus Trail - Arbel to Capernaum. Visit Tabgah, traditional site of feeding of the 5,000, Mt of Beatitudes. 16.8 km. Back to Nazareth.

Saturday 15: Trip to Haifa to meet with Archbishop Elias Chacour, Mt. Carmel.

Sunday 16: Day in Nazareth. Worship Service and wrap up. Afternoon transfer to Kibbutz Hakuk.

Monday 17: Israeli society and religion, learn about Shavuot, meet with students & Israelis.

Tuesday 18: Tour the Golan Heights, and other sites of Israeli history.

Wednesday 19: Celebrate Shavuot. Work on Kibbutz.

Thursday 20: Leave Kibbutz Hakuk - Arrive Beit Sahour - visit Church of the Nativity, Shepherd's Fields, Solomon's Pools, Herodium.

Friday 21: Tour of Wall/Fence, Tent of the Nations, visit Dehaisha refugee camp, MCC

Saturday 22: Travel to Hebron, visit Efrat settlement.

Sunday 23: Transfer to Jerusalem, check into the Ecce Homo convent. Free time to explore Jerusalem.

Monday 24: Jerusalem tour. Visit Wailing Wall excavations.

Tuesday 25: Jerusalem/Judaism/The Passion of Jesus exploration and learning day.

Wednesday 26: Masada, Dead Sea swim, Qumran caves.

Thursday 27: Depart for Wadi Qilt (hike), and Jericho (Old Testament site)

Friday 28: Depart for Yad Vashem, Kabbalat Shabbat at Wall, Shabbat meal in Ecce Homo

Saturday 29: Free day in Jerusalem.

Sunday 30: Depart.

Obviously, that list does not give all the details of our trip, but that's why you need to come back regularly!