Nazareth

I am currently writing to you all from the convent we are staying in while in Nazareth.

It is beautiful here and I am in love.

Even though I tend to through around phrases like that pretty liberally, this time I am being completely sincere.

Maybe it has been a while since I have been to Europe, but never before have I ever felt such a strong desire to stay or return to a particular place.

Almost all of my life has been spent wandering, both literally and figuratively, from place to place, country to country, city to city- needless to say I have never felt so at home away from “home.”

Nazareth is a small town full of cobblestone roads, little shops, apartments, houses, and churches everywhere. Within an hour or less you can travel to several holy and historical sites as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

Once again, it is beautiful here and I am in love.

No wonder Palestinians want to come home so badly. I would too if I traded this for Jordan (no offense). 

Maybe I am really romanticizing it since I have only been here for two days, but I certainly did not feel like this in Amman. 

It really is so easy to see why this is the Holy Land and why so many people have, and are, striving to claim it as their own. 

I wish I could somehow claim a part of it too.

I have a strong feeling that I will be coming back to the Palestine/Israel in the future, and I can’t wait to figure out for what reason.

Note: I will be posting pictures as soon as I get home. Uploading pictures on the internet takes forever here. Say tuned!