The border with Jordan, that's what the Israeli side looks like
Yes, we had to stop for the goats. that's shot 1.
shot 2
and that's their sheperd on the donkey
The desert
and the green houses
The first camel we saw in Israel!
Starting to go up to Jerusalem
The Jaffa Gate into the Old City of Jerusalem
the walls of jerusalem
inside the market in the Muslim quarter
the western wall
lots and lots of soldiers who accompanied us along many sites in Jerusalem
the temple mount above the western wall
The men section of the western wall. it is divided to men and women as do most things in the orthodox Jewish way
the women side of the western wall
the Yeshivot around the western wall
representing Kansas in Jerusalem
the mount of olives from the old city
Al aqsa mosque. we cant go up there, but its prettier from the outside anyways
The temple mount (or al aqsa) and the western wall below it
a replica of the gold menorah that was in the temple before its destruction
the cardo, the main street of the Jewish quarter back 2000 years ago
Inside the holy sepulchre
The Jerusalem walls
very common sight
the Jaffa Gate. The walls have 7 gates, Jaffa is one of the famous and most traveled gates into the old city
flaxy was fascinated by the flowers in Jerusalem
Yamin Moshe neighborhood, the first neighborhood outside the walls
and the windmill of Yamin Moshe
The Dormizion church
in Yamin Moshe, facing the old city
pretty funky, not sure what it is
The actual first building to be built outside the walls of Jerusalem
It contained 24 apartments
the rifles they give these kids that travel with the tourist groups are a joke.
this is who i want to protect me
typical to me. not so typical to flaxy.
Ben Yehuda St.
this car went flying by with flashing lights blaring loud jewish music
a REAL burger in Jerusalem... it was very good
ammunition hill, one of the tanks that were fighting there in 1967
The flag that the soliders who liberated the old city put on the western wall in 1967
a pic of the day when the Israeli soldiers got to the western wall
a memorial for the soldiers
the first flag is the IDF, the second is Israel, the third is Jerusalem
the trenches of Ammunition hill
and another memorial
they planted one tree to each soldier who died in Ammunition hill
this is real, we were parked in the back and made it out!
The Knesset, the Israeli parliment
the Menorah, the symbol of Israel outside the Knesset
an exciting sight of a true F 350
Ministry of forgien affairs
a funky bridge
the central bus station.
we had to stop for the truck, it was quite the scene
this is a painting on an actual building. very very cool
part of the painting - a falafel stand, the fridge on the right is an electrical box
Burekas, one of the national foods here. flaxy loves it. its a puff pastry filled with cheese, potatoes, spinach, etc.
nuts / dried fruits / goodness stand
the food show we stumbled upon in Mahne Yehuda market
Selling CHEAP veggies in the market
All sorts of sweets... Baklawa and stuff
even the cucumbers have a taste in Israel
Pomegranate
spices and grains
hebral tea
This says: If I Will Foget You Jerusalem. the star on the right is the word: If
For those that don't know/remember, hebrew is read right to left.
they're alive!
a machine that makes fresh pita bread
means of transport
mmmmmmmm.......cattle cologne for men
one of the entrances to the market
and the truck is coming back!
that's what happened because of the truck
IDF
In Mea Shearim, the ultra orthodox neighborhood
We went on a night tour in the old city, this is the Jaffa gate
the David Tower
Part of the tour, meeting with a British soldier back in the 1920's in Israel
Temple mount at night
another moon picture that didnt came out
The muslims are celebrating Ramadan this month, so we got to see alot of the Islam artifacts in the old city
The Horva, the destroyed synagogue in the Jewish quarter that is being renovated for the first time in years
yet another parking job. we dont know how they managed in there to begin with
And another one...
that's how many people were waiting for a bus just outside the western wall around 10:30pm
The Western Wall at night
This is inside a room in the western wall where the men can study and pray all day
Its a bird....
It is traditional to put notes with wishes and requests to God in the cracks on the western wall
FINALLY! a good moon pic.
In the Jewish quarter
Flacks was amazed how clean and new this parking lot is
and we got a good spot
