Bethlehem and Herodian

Yesterday we went to the Herodian, which is Herod Antipus's summer home area. It was really good. It was big enough to explore and run around but small enough that Herod was able to walk from one end to the other in less than an hour. (okay exaggeration). But his swimming pool was about 4 times as big as our house. Yeah. I was jealous. It was huge!!! We hiked up the hill and saw his huge tower/castle thing. We explored the tunnels. That's always fun.

Then we went to Bethlehem University. We talked to the Muslims and Christians who were there. They were really nice. They got along pretty well. And they hate checkpoints. That is basically a consensus.

We visited the Byzantine Church where Christ was apparently born under. The church was built right over the grotto where they think Christ was born. It was really spiritual. I bought a couple nativity ornaments that I think would go well on a tree. Not sure where else they would go.

It was a great field trip. Even our security guard was tired by the end of it, and he is as strong as an ox.

We went to the Eilat the day before yesterday. That was a student planned field trip out to the Red Sea. We went snorkling. That was super fun!!!! I am very glad that we did it because inhaling salt water is basically a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was really fun.
That is basically all our adventures of the past two days. That and I got a movie called the Presige that arrived. Christopher Nolan seems to love choosing Christian Bale and Michael Caine for his movies. It is a rather uniquely strange film.
Bye until next time. Only 2 finals left here this week.