Well... mom and dad are growing impatient to see some pictures of our trip, so here goes (close to reverse chronological order):

Our old Ramallah home in the background is now a kindergarten!!!

(we had a great lunch with Donn in Ramallah)

in Jerusalem....

outside Jerusalem University College - where I spent a great semester in college

the last night of Passover at the Western Wall

graffiti in Bethlehem

at the Dead Sea - we had to do it!

the path up to the top of Massada

after climbing up... and down

at the Arbel Cliffs near the Sea of Galilee

very close to where we stayed along the north coast of the Sea of Galilee

in a market in Nazareth

We really did have a great trip! In a way it's hard to believe there are only 5 weeks remaining this semester, but in another way, it's been an incredibly long stretch since January....