Wednesday, March 26, 2014: We arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport

We arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel at about 3:00 p.m.  Once we passed through customs and picked up our luggage, we boarded one of the buses waiting for us to take us to our hotels in Tiberius.  Members of the tour stayed in one of five hotels in Tiberius.  A few folks stayed at one hotel in Nazareth.  Sharon and I are on the ground floor of the Gai Beach Hotel with an outside patio right on the Sea of Galilee. 

 In the tree next to our patio, there was even an Israeli “mockingbird” singing his heart out.  What a blessing.  We will stay here for four nights and take several day trips each day and returning to the same hotel each night.

Our first meal was an evening buffet at the hotel with all of the tour members, approximately 750, eating together.  The grounds of the hotel were just beautiful.  We ate out-of-doors on the patio around the pool next to the Sea of Galilee. 

Multiple food stations were set up around the grassy grounds under the palm trees.  The menu consisted of steak, chicken, sausage, BBQ, baked potatoes a variety of salads and desserts that were out of this world.

 

Following the meal, David Jeremiah addressed the group and introduced members of his staff that will assist during the tour. 

Several Christian entertainers followed with the largest group being the Hoppers.

Now on to bed and catch up on some much needed sleep.