Light of Tabor over the Galilee

Mount Tabor seen from South East

We had the plan to go on day trips both Monday and Tuesday, but Ziv was had a tummy bug, so Monday we had to spend at home. Today he was feeling better and we took off for a few hours. We went to Mount Tabor, the strange lonely bump in the middle of the flat Jezreel Valley. Mount Tabor is believed to be the site for the Transfiguration of Jesus, hence the Franciscan order built the Church of the Transfiguration and a huge monastery complex on top of the 4th to 6th century ruins of a Byzantine church. However, these Christian sites on top of the mountain was not what took my breath away. That was the view. The day was warm and clear after some night rain and the sky was full of dense clouds that broke the sunlight into distinct patterns on the ground. Quite magnificent and nothing you can catch with a camera, no matter how hard you try. Nevertheless, I tried... Click on the images to magnify.

View to the West

View to the North with Ein Mahil (probably)

on the top in the background