Celebrating Sarah's birthday at Bet She'an

Family TravelIsrael Sabbatical FamilyGespass HolidaySarahBday Well, I'll be a horses' ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180058 it's Sarah's birthday ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180060 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180061 Jane ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180059 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180062 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180063 and Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180064 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180065 decided to celebrate by riding horses. Sarah chose to have lunch worst schnitzel she ever had ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180066 at Bet She'an ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180067 one of the most impressive ruins we've ever seen ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180068

While the archaeologists were finishing some excavations, ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180069 we decided to see a play in the ancient amphitheater ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180074 The seats ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180075 were uncomfortable. At least, the actors were good both on stage ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180076 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180077 and off. ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180071 They were appreciated by the audience ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180090 The view of the city was grand whether taken in broad perspective ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180070 or narrow focus ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180072 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180073

The mosaics were especially impressive ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180078 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180079 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180080 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180081 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180083 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180085 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180086 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180102 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180103 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180104 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180105 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180108 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180110 as were the pillows from Ace ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180084 Speaking of pillows, there were large pillars ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180082 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180093 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180113 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180116 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180117 and small pillars ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180087 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180088 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180089 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180091 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180092 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180098 and pieces of pillars ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180112 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180114

Thee were ruins everywhere ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180096 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180097 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180107 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180109 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180111 and holes ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180095 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180106 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180115 and a bath tub ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180094 They told us this about the street ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180099 and the artist said it looked like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180100 but it looked like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180101 to us.

Next we came to Silvanus Street. The artist told us what it looked like at 2 time periods ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180119 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180121 The sculpture showed us that the street looked like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180122 and the goldsmiths house like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180118 To us, it all looked like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180120

Sarah performed the masterful feat of getting the family on delayed action of the camera ( Egypt watch out ) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180123 we took the obligatory phone booth picture ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.18.00BenShean//P4180124 and headed back home so that we could have Sarah's birthday

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