And when it was day, He departed and went into a desert place - Luke 4:42

Monday was our second field trip day and we went down to the desert! The Negev Desert to be exact.  It was dry, dry, dry! But I suppose that that should be expected when you visit a desert.

Our first stop of the day was a visit with the Bedouin women at the Lakiya Negev Weaving factory! They gave us a tour and showed us how they do the traditional weaving. They also gave us some yummy herbal tea. Now imagine drinking HOT herbal tea in the middle of the desert.......

I bought a weaved Christmas ornament

Our next stop of the day was the Tel Arad. Here we saw an Israelite Temple and a Canaanite City. We got to stand in a Holy of Holies. That is pretty incredible and rare!!!!! 

Standing in the Holy of Holies

embrace the desert

floppy hats and roomies

Our final stop of the day was the Tel Be'er Sheva. 

 At the Tel Be'er Sheva they had an underground water cistern that we got to tour. Hence they awesome hard hats :)

One of the best part of this day is that it was expected to be our hottest day of the semester by it was rather reasonable and we had a nice breeze the whole day!  I actually got cold at one point of the day because the wind was so strong. It was a wonderful and unexpected bonus to this excellent day!!!! I love touring excavated ruins in the desert :)




The week was pretty busy because I had a paper to write but I did get out into the city one. I went a did the Rampart's Walk which allows you to talk on top of the city walls and we also got yummy falafels!