Last Saturday I again joined the university's trip, and this time we traveled to the mountain that Moses stood on in Deut. 34 when he looked into the Promised Land from afar. We went first of all to the mountain and then afterwards went to the nearby city that has a famous church that I visited a few weeks ago. This time I had my guide book along so we were able to figure out the map on the floor of the church. For lunch we visited a local restaurant and had 3 different types of meat: chicken on a stick, lamb on a stick and kebab on a stick. (Kebab meat is minced meat mixed with spices and formed onto a stick and then grilled) These meats are some of my favorite to get at a nicer Arab restaurant...they are so good!
Here are some pictures from the mountain:
The plain of Moab, the Jordan River beyond the green and just in the distance the hills leading to Jerusalem. It was super hazy that day so it was a bit of a let-down, and the pictures don't capture everything we saw.
They put a large sculpture of a bronze snake, like the one Moses made in the desert in Numbers 21:9
The view to the north
A Franciscan monk who is one of the caretakers of the grounds there
Spring flowers
Spring poppies
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