Dinner in Haifa. Very happy that we have our camera again!
Dessert in Haifa.
Dessert on Meirav.
Chocolate ice cream = big smiles.
Breakfast in Haifa.
Dawn, and storm clouds brewing, over Haifa.
Jerusalem: Old City wall.
Entering the Zion Gate.
The Armenian Quarter.
The Jewish Quarter.
Reconstruction at the destroyed Hurva Synagogue site.
An orange tree.
Got one!
The Cardo's golden menorah, as described in the Torah.
Looking down at the old walls under the Cardo.
Walking through the shuk.
Re-entering the Jewish Quarter.
The Kotel.
Chasing birds at the Kotel plaza.
Our house in Yemin Moshe.
Our olive tree.
The view from our porch: the Old City walls.
Dawn from our porch.
We could see the Tower of David from our room.
Meirav's first Milki.
Yemin Moshe, our neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Olive branches.
Looking for olives. Or maybe ants.
The first of many, many olives. Soon to be squished.
Exploring Yemin Moshe.
Not stroller-friendly.
More steps.
View of Jerusalem's hills, from the top of Yemin Moshe.
The Montefiore Windmill in Yemin Moshe.
Montefiore's carriage.
View from Yemin Moshe.
Artwork at the windmill.
...more steps!
Someone needed medical attention at Cafe Hillel downtown.
Magen David to the rescue. (Asher loves ambulances!)
Purim treats... hamentashen shokolad!
Ben Yehuda Street -- midday crowd.
Ben Yehuda Street, pre-Purim.
At the Jerusalem Zoo.
Cheetah.
Syrian Brown Bear.
View of the hills from the zoo.
Posing with a lemur, or Zoboomafoo.
Zoboomafoos everywhere.
At the zoo playground.
Elephants decorated for Purim.
Asher's favorite: the giraffe.
Pointing out the giraffes.
The teva.
Back at our house in Yemin Moshe.
Another olive tree in Yemin Moshe.
A day with the kids at Ein Yael - a hands-on museum!
And yes, Asher insisted on wearing his Purim costume for most of the trip!
This museum allowed the kids to pretend that they lived in the period of the First Temple.
Pretend donkey - real fun!
Basket-weaving.
Asher rolled his own dough to make pita bread! "Just like Grandma used to make!" :)
Then we baked it on an old-fashioned stone oven.
Next, Asher pounded the pita with some herbed olive oil to make it yummy!
Delish!
Sharing with Mommy.
If you look closely, you can see the zoo across the way.
Now THIS donkey is REAL!
Yee-Haw!
Now comes a series of the kids pointing at caged animals...
An ancient bath.
Playing peek-a-boo through the old olive press.
Exploring the old Roman villa.
PURIM!!!!!
Meirav as Tinky-Winky - - - Can you read "Teletubbies" in Hebrew on her belly???
Crowded Megilla reading in the Old City.
The Cardo at night.
Not liking the hat.
The Western Wall.
The full moon in Adar = PURIM!
"Who wants punch?" (Inside joke, I guess...)
Meirav "pointing her eyes," as Asher calls it.
Spidey wants punch!
Yay!
Happy, dressed-up family!
Hamantashen is a yummy Purim treat for all!
Taken through the car window - en route to Massada.
Alan & Ravi in the cable car. Up, up, up, to the top of Massada.
Grandpa Steve enjoys the ride!
We've reached the top!
You can see the Dead Sea and the mountains of Jordan in the background.
Bamba - The breakfast of champions!
An ancient synagogue atop Massada.
Ashie loves his Grandpa Steve!
Meirav holds on tight for the trip back down the mountain.
Taking a dip into the Dead Sea.
Salt on the rocks.
A pottery shop in the Judean desert.
Introducing: Sami the camel.
Yemin Moshe.
Our favorite cafe: Cup of Joe.
The King David Hotel.
View from the top of the Old City walls.
Walking the Old City walls... also not stroller-friendly.
View of Yemin Moshe from the top of the walls.
Mount of Olives.
Grandpa on top of the wall.
Asher & Meirav with "Baby," who guarded our street.
Jerusalem from Mount Scopus.
With Cousin Eyal in Ashdod, on the hill where Jonah was spat out by the whale.
The ladies: Yarden, Lauren, Meirav, Tracy.
With Yuval, Tracy, Yarden and Eyal.
Pointing out our plane.
