We checked out and left our hotel at about 9 am on Thursday. When we got into Nazareth, it was difficult to find our way to the downtown area without a map of the city, at 70-80,000, about the size of Kalamazoo, Michigan, my hometown. But with Dawn's navigational help, we found our way to the Church of the Annunciation. The murals, from countries all over the world, were the most impressive for me. Also, we saw part of a Mass taking place when we were there. The Church of the Annunciation is built over the site where the Angel Gabriel visited Mary and told her that she would give birth to Jesus. One hundred yards or so from the Church of the Annunciatin is the Church of St. Joseph. This small church was also a moving experience for me, as there were paintings of Jesus with Joseph and Mary as a boy of about 11 or 12 years old, and of Joseph as he lay dying with Mary and Jesus at his side. After a stop at a couple shops to get (guess what?) more postcards and a gift for Hector, as well as the Tourist Info, where we got the long sought after Nazareth map, we made our way back to the car and had a hodge podge lunch from our snack foods and leftovers from our previous day's meal. At 2 pm, we headed for home, not thinking how bad Tel Aviv would be at 4 pm, but wanting to get through Tel Aviv before dark. Suffice to say, we arrived safely back in Be'er Sheva around 6 pm.
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