Day 75 - Miraculous

Today was about Capenaum and miracles so the first stop was at Tabgha the site of the loaves and fishes miracles. Unfortunately the carpark and surrounding road was packed with bus loads of tourists who had the same idea as us. There was a newish church built on the site but the sheer number of people made it feel like we were at Disneyland. We then drove to the town area of Capernaum and managed to arrive in front of most of the bus loads and wandered the ruins and the sitting area on the bank of Galilee.

With the Jesus trail finished we drove on to the North West tip of Israel where it borders Lebanon as this was the closest we were going to get to Lebanon on this trip. We then followed the coastal road to Acre hoping to find somewhere close to the beach for lunch but all we found was lots of speed humps. We finally found a cafe that was open for lunch as nearly all the places had closed their kitchens at lunchtime on Friday.

Our stay at Acre was at an Airbnb in the old city right on the river edge. Parking was quite tricky in the narrow cobbled streets, especially as the host had a toy stall on the edge of the road so we were doing our best not to reverse over the plastic toys. We were staying on the bottom floor with old large exposed bricks and the family living upstairs.

It was a lovely spot with the restaurants right on the edge of the Mediterranean with a bright orange sun setting on the horizon - at least until the jet boat flew past at top speed to the screams of their passengers.