There is so much to write about Israel. It is such a diverse land, from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, Masada to Galilee, the Baha'i Gardens of Haifa and the market in Bethlehem. I am overwhelmed by how much my awesome travel buddy (my mom) and I did in our ten days.
I find myself at a loss of what to talk about and so I am going to leave you with these pictures. Enjoy!
Inside the Holy Sepulcher
Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
The dome of the Holy Sepulcher
Early Morning Jerusalem, near the Damascus Gate
Fresh bread
Jehosaphat's Tomb
The bottom of Kidron Valley
Napping Underneath Jehosaphat's Tomb
From the top of Kidron overlooking Jerusalem
Sampling some fresh Halvah
Snapping a photo of the Dome of the Rock
Huge millipedes crawling all over Kidron Valley
Lovely courtyard of our hotel
The site where Jesus ascended to Heaven
Looking down on Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives
Courtyard where Jesus was given the crown of thorns
Random horse
Mom in Kidron
Soooo many graves
The Crown of Thorns inside the dome of a church
The church where Jesus was tried
Our young unwanted tour guides
In front of the Church commemorating the Shepherd who saw the star over Jesus' birthplace
Outside the Church of the Nativity
Bowing low to enter
Mom entering the Church of the Nativity
Cloister of the Church of the Nativity
Again
Bethlehem
The market of Bethlehem
Our taxi driver driving us along the wall
The ramparts of Jerusalem
The churches of Mt. Zion
Looking out to the Mt. of Olives from the Ramparts of Jerusalem
Jerusalem skyline
These kids showed off their skills for me
The Pool of Bethesda
The Pools of Bethesda
Texture
Loveliness
How long has this pillar been sitting there? one or two thousand years? Possible
The Zion Gate
Doubting Greg, the bullet holes are real outside the Zion Gate
Sunset over Mt. Zion and the Church of the Dormition
At the Garden of Gethsemane
Jesus weeping in the Garden of Gethsemane
The Garden of Gethsemane
Gethsemane
Gethsemane
The Church of Mary Magdalene
The Cloister of Pater Noster
Me snapping the photo above
At Pater Noster the Lord's Prayer is written in tons of different languages, including Ethiopian!
Statue at the Holocaust Museum
Western Wall by night