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Sea of Galilee, deep blue + still + simply shimmering
in misty loveliness - beyond the [?] hills of
Trans Jordon with their weird + rugges outlines +
exaggeration of light + shade - + much further beyond
- to the left, or work, + in Syria , Mount Herman
rising from the mists + capped with snow. It was
really a quite incredibly + unreally lovely view + it
was possible to enjoy it at our leisure as we drive
down the mountain side. In Tiberias itself we
went to a cafe on the lakeside, which was
quite perfect with the exception of the fact that
the imagination of the owners had not been able
to go beyond calling it "The Lido"
from Tiberias we went down to the southern end
of the lake, to a place called Degania. This was
the first communal settlement in Palestine + was
founded 32 years by a man called Baraj wjp
is still there + was ther to meet us on Sunday
Firstly we went straight into the dining hall for
lunch - that is one thing which is so pleasant
about these people- if you arrive arounf a meal time
there is no question about it, you just go in, + some
body pushed up at a table, + your driver comes
in with you + they carry on + serve you with food
in this case; we hand an excellent + satisfying
but rather extraordinary lucnh- at least so far
as the order of courses was concerned . The
moment I sat down I had placed before me a
large plateful of fishcake (local pattern) carrots + spuds