The view from our balcony was pretty fogged in
and the plants on our balcony were quite snowed in
and so was the palm tree
but we geared up for the hike to campus - Here's Karin, ready to go
the street was slushy
girls at the Mt. Zion were having a snowball fight
Dormition abbey was hard to see
so was JUC
Karin braving the weather!
view towards Jaffa Gate
the armenian convent
Mt. of Olives
parking lot - Jewish quarter
winter rose
dome of the Rock with snow
the outdoor synagogue formally known as the 'kotel' or 'western wall'
and a mini-mover to clean it up
al-aqsa
Ruth! (some kid hit her in the face with a snowball on the way there!)
Ruth & Karin
the sad tree being cut up
Cardo snowximus
palmtrees in the snow
Dormition abbey
the road to school
the garden
windows of the cafeteria
my windowbox the next morning
our street sign, from my window
our apartment walkway. People don't have snowshovels here.
the rosemary by the door
yes, i chose the chacos. they have better traction than sneakers and dry quickly
our street
kids off school go to play in the snow!
the balcony with lots of flowers
view from the intersection
and down the hill
St. Andrew's
Dormition Abbey with the sun
JUC
Redeemer tower and the Old City walls near Jaffa Gate
the Windmill
Dormition tower
palmtree with snow
the Gai-Ben-Hinnom ('valley of the sons of Hinnom') or 'gehenna' Yes, hell HAS frozen over. and i walk across it every day to go to school!
up the snakepath
and a view back down at gehenna! it's still frozen!
the YMCA
Sultan's pool
the last steps
and we made it!
to the lovely surprise of some snowmen!!
they were adorable from the back
but from the front you could see their unique faces!
and the garden was lovely with it's snowy coat on.
Karin appreciated the snowmen, too.
but after our first class, they were losing steam as the snow around them disapeared
and their faces sort of fell off...
