I got really sick this week with an upper resperatory viral infection... it has pretty much put me down for the count. But, it does mean that I have a few minutes to upload one or two pictures from a trip that Alon and I took a the weekend before last.

We traveled up North; this time of year the North is covered in little red, yellow, purple, and white flowers. The weather is gorgeous these days - blue skies, crisp air, green grass (although many of the trees are still bare, as it is still winter). We saw horses and cows and tree-lined farm fields and orchards and street-side pita vendors and picnic-ers and a big spice market and pick-your-own-strawberries. It was beautiful.

Alon and I also decided to visit Nazareth. The Church of the Annunciation was amazing. (It is supposedly situated at Mary's house, where the angel Gabriel declared that Mary would give birth to Jesus.) The outside is lined with a series of depictions of Jesus in the arms of Mary from a variety of different countries (including a Japanese, Thailandi, and other national appearing mother and babe). It was very interesting. This is not compared to the inside of the church, which is fantastic. The interior uses a pseudo-archeological dig in combination with modern architecture to create two different sanctuaries, one above the other. It was really interesting.

Alon and I returned home after this part of the trip. If I ever get pictures of the spice market that we visited, I will post them up as well.

Time to go back to bed now. Hope everyone at home is well.
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