Hello from Tiberias! Anika and I got here in the late afternoon yesterday. Our hostel is nice, and we have a lovely view of the Kinneret from our window.
Tiberias is SO HUMID. I'm not sure how people can live here. The hills and lake are beautiful, so maybe that's why they put up with the heat.
This morning we went to Nazareth and did not enjoy it too much. I always wondered what Nathanael had against Nazareth ("Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?") but now I think maybe the had a bad experience with the bus system. We sure did. We waited for an hour at the Tiberias bus station for the bus to Nazareth, then at the Nazareth bus station FOUR HOURS for the bus to Tiberias. FOUR HOURS. Take a moment and think about what a long long time that is to be sitting on a hot bench, thinking that the next bus around the corner simply must be the 431. Even aside from that terrible experience, Nazareth did not have a whole lot to offer. We saw the possible site of the old synagogue from Jesus' time, and went to the Basilica of the Anunciation and St. Joseph's church. They were pretty, but probably not worth five hours of grief.
We're having falafel for dinner tonight in an attempt to redeem this tragic day. Then tomorrow, we are somehow getting to Capernaum, either by bicycle or cab (NOT bus).
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