My airplane: Chicago-London
ISRAEL!
My first night: the view from my balcony
SO MAGICAL!
The new Jerusalem Bridge. This was from the dedication ceremony.
My "bed"
That's a little better"
Walking towards the Old City
...getting closer
WELCOME TO THE JEWISH QUARTER
It was SOO hot and sticky.
The Cardo
I burned my arms on the blue handrails.
Kotel (aka the Wester Wall)
Women's Side
She tried to take my food!
Burgers Bar = AWESOME!
The bar is called "Sideways" because its on a hill!
Israeli Soldiers
Tip
Josh's "Woo Woo"
Allison's home away from home
I could have gone here... but didn't
Adam
ROAR...
Israeli's love leopard print!
Adam: "Where's Ben Yehuda Street?" We were already on it!
ELINA!!!!
Doris, my old lady shopping cart (we pimped her out the a pinwheel)
I LOVE HER
Thats a cat in a tree
View of the Old City from the Menachem Begin Heritage Center
Those holes are where the heads were placed (its an ancient burial site)
Family Burial Plots
Old family grave
Where they stored the bones
Yemin Moshe Windmill
We just happened across a bride and groom taking pictures in the Yemin Moshe Neighborhood
MRC Summer Zman Girls
That's "The Great Fence of Safety" in the background
Another Bride
Chor B'Kir (Hole in the Wall)
Literally, its really really hard to find!
Breslovers dancing on Ben Yehuda St.
Another captivating sunset!!!
Thanks Inna and Eric for this awesome birthday present!!! It has definitely come in handy for Shaboos traveling!
The family I stayed with in Efrat. This is where they store their guns
Josh having a bit of a hard time.
Josh was so nice, he carried my bag with his rolling suitcase!
This one car @ the bottom of the picture backed up a whole hill full of cars and made them back up so he could get out... WELCOME TO ISRAEL!
Israeli $$$
The Harp Lady and her followers
Enjoying yummy Popsicles before sprinting to McDonalds...
In the Cardo
A Well
Migdal David (Tower of David)
I didn't know Hot Dogs were considered THAI FOOD...
Overlooking Jerusalem
Wedding #1 (Emily)
Stephanie and Lynn
MRC girls @ the wedding
The Old City (a bit blurry)
Ammunition Museum (on a Kibutz near Tel Aviv)
Going Down???
I do a little eating here and there
That would be a cockroach in the Tel Aviv Diaspora Museum Movie Theater
Shari's my roommate (but she left me to go back to American, but she's coming back)
Wedding #2 (Chanie Shurin, Rabbi Shurin's Daughter)
That's a lot of Black and White!
@ Yad Sarah
Seriously they LOVE leopard print!
Memorial from the first Tractor Terrorist Attack on Yaffo St.
Another Memorial
ANOTHER cockroach!
My diet coke with an umbrella
Almost done :(
Our tip: $ and a Kabbalah bracelet
YES... I FELL DOWN THE MOUNTAIN (running to do a mitzvah... well I was actually really thirsty)
my feet were sooo dirty from wearing a long skirt & crocs
oops... someone dropped their eggs
Pepsi Max... But I asked for a Diet Coke
America's taking over everything!
Ben Yehuda Street performers
I think it was past their bedtime!
Getting ready to clean a wheelchair @ Yad Sarah
We thought if we grabbed the smallest one we'd be done faster, but NO we got the really dirty one!
New Deli!
Davening @ a Kever
Rabbi Akiva's Wife
The Kineret
Rabbi Akiva's Grave
Davening...
Yup... that would be another cockroach
The start of our water hike
Adina fell... oops
Louise fell... oh man
I kind of fell (no action shot though)