As some of you already know, Hope (Amy's sister) just moved to Israel too! - to be a nanny for a family just outside of Jerusalem. So she came into town on Tuesday and we got to hang out. I know my way around a little, and she knows her Hebrew A LOT better than me, so we made a good team. This picture is from a rooftop (I am loving the rooftops here!) at the intersection of the 4 quarters of the Old City. You can see the dome from the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount behind us.
In our pursuit of cityscape views, we braved the 175 steps to the top of the Lutheran Redeemer Church in the Christian Quarter. It was well worth the trip (but boy am I out of shape!), as the pictures will tell....
Looking east you can see the Temple Mount and the Mt. of Olives in the background...
Looking north you can see the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter....I could a million pics, but these are the highlights.
Enjoy!
Other stuff....
...at school we had photo scavenger hunt in the Old City. It was fun way to get to know some people and start learning your way around town. Our team won (go Team 5!) as a result of one picture that was worth the most points - holding an Israeli soldiers gun...which by the way is against the law! But we found a soldier willing to let us hold it WITH him...so we got credit for trying! We owe it all to our teammate, Scott, who was brave enough to ask.
Here are few other pics...wearing a kafiye, sharing a falafel, forming a pyramid outside Jaffa Gate...fun stuff!
2 comments:
What a cool entry! Looks like you're having a blast! And I'm glad you and Hopie had a chance to meet up. She called this morning so I got to hear about it, too. And you guys got such great pics!
So ... did she remind you of me at all? :)
Karin -- Great pictures -- really enjoy them
Dad
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