06.30-Sede Boker-Metropolin 60
07.30-Beer Sheva-Egged 370
09.40-Tel Aviv-Egged 852
11.25-Hadera-Nateev 76
12.30-Caesarea
12.30-Caesarea National Park-18.30
19.30-Hadera-Egged 921
21.30-Tel Aviv-Metropolin 370
23.00-Beer Sheva-Metropolin 60
23.50-Sede Boker
After some 17 months I am back in Caesarea. Nothing much has changed except for the heat this time. Since I already knew the complications in reaching Caesarea via public transport, planning was carefully done so that we didn't miss any of the interconnecting buses especially the one from Hadera. Accomplished our mission with much satisfaction as we got 6 hrs on site. A day trip that lasted from morning 6 am to midnight.
You can go through the October archive of lajupaulk2.blogspot.com for my earlier visit.
I highly recommend the online article by Sacred Destinations
A very informative and concise information on the History of Caesarea. An excerpt from the link on Caesarea's Christian angle:
"Christianity was established in Caesarea in the 1st century AD and it is the setting for several events recorded in Acts. Herod's health began to decline after this (Acts 12:19-23 says he died at Caesarea, being "eaten of worms"), but his great city did not. It became an official residence of Roman governors (such as Pontius Pilate), played a significant role in the lives of the Christian apostles, and became an important Byzantine cityIn Acts 10, St. Peter has a vision that leads him to Caesarea, specifically to the Roman soldier Cornelius, to preach to the Gentiles for the first time. Philip the Evangelist lived in Caesarea with his four daughters (Acts 21:8). From here St. Paul sailed for his native Tarsus when forced to flee from Jerusalem (9:30), and here he landed when returning from his second missionary journey (18:22). In Acts 24-25, Paul was imprisoned here for two years. He demanded a trial because of his Roman citizenship, and was duly sent to Rome where he was executed around 59 AD. Some of Paul's letters to Christian communities may have been written in Caesarea".
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