Marissa's Jerusalem Adventures

Oldest and lowest city in the world!  In honor of it being the lowest city we sang "Under the Sea" on our bus ride down to Jericho Zacchaeus Tree (Luke 19) Elisha's Spring: it gushes out 1000 gallons of water per minute!!! 2 Kings 2 Judean Wilderness: This is where the parable of the Good Samaritan takes place.  Imagine what it would have been like to travel from Jerusalem down to Jericho and helping a stripped man along the way.  Pretty incredible example of charity! (Luke 10) Jerusalem in the distance In-between Jerusalem and Jericho Jericho in the distance It's about a 20-25 mile walk along the path that leads from Jerusalem to Jericho through the Judaea Desert 

ATHENS!!!   Parthenon Tall Girl Club :) Incredible purple trees...this picture doesn't do them justice Changing of the Guards Check out those outfits: mini skirts, leggings, and pom pom shoes Traditional Greek Dance and Song Performance Olympic Stadium...it's gigantic!!!

Mycenae, Tholos Tomb, Corinth, Corinthian Canal....final destination....Athens Acropolis/Parthenon Corinthian Canal Mycenae Theater and Melia Ludlow (one of my professor's daughter) Overlook of Athens Beehive Tomb Corinth

My favorite place we stayed for the night...Nafplio :)  The cutest little sea side city ever!!! Can you find me? Delphi Delphi Living Statues Nafplio Castle YES...more gelato :) 

Adventures in Meteora...the most beautiful place ever!  These pictures don't do it justice at all.  The rock mountains come out of nowhere with monasteries at the top.  So incredible!  Meteora Varlaam Monastery   Gelato...almost every night ;)

Today's adventures included: Berea (monument dedicated to Paul's preaching), a long afternoon of driving with incredible scenery, and Meteora (my favorite place we visited in Greece...more pictures to come on day 4 for that site) Beautiful Greece Paul's Monument in Berea (Acts 17) Meteora 

Today's adventures included: the site of Lydia's baptism (Paul's convert in Acts 16), Philippi (ancient theater, basilicas, red poppies), Kavala lunch stop (yummy Slovaki), White Tower Overlook and boat ride in Thessaloniki  Lydia's Baptismal Site  Philippi...lots of columns with meaning White Tower Overlook  Boat ride around the bay in Thessaloniki   Gelato Friends Kavala Lunch Stop Beautiful Poppies (they were all over!) Overlook onto the Thessaloniki Bay from the White Tower  Incredible sunset enjoyed on our boat ride