Day 6 was a bit of a travel day. We went to Jericho and the Jordan river and then back to Jerusalem for a little more touring before heading back to the room a little earlier than some days. It was a great day! While this trip has been loaded with firsts, I had a...
(Before I continue, one brief note...if you are a person I might text normally, I have not been able the send or receive texts for the last 24-36 hours. Don’t worry, I’m OK...just can’t see or send texts.) Also, to protect the family’s privacy, I changed their names...
After lunch, we got a tour of the Caprice Diamond, hmm, headquarters maybe? We got to see a $230,000 5 karat diamond in their showroom. The Jewish people have been in the diamond business for many generations because they have long been a people oppressed, and...
This will have to be my last post tonight, I still feel crummy and have to get up in 6.5 hours. As we continue down the triumphal entry road, (dodging the random car here and there) we see on either side...cemeteries. Mike tells us that if one wants to be buried in...
So next we walked down from the top of the Mount of Olives along the road of the triumphal entry. Scary road. One car width and STEEP. Let me tell you, the drivers here are crazy and are not afraid to use their horns. Our bus driver Hasim included. We love that...
In the upper courtyard there are trees and birds and kitties once in awhile too. Evan is becoming known as the cat boy because he pets the kitties wherever we see one. That’s my boy! Cool to see the trees on top planted in the terraces. Our crew took pictures on...
So it is so hard to pick favorites...again, this is up there for me because I did an entire, lengthy Beth Moore Bible study on this next one. We went back out of the Dung Gate, and walked around the southwest corner of the temple. We went to the south side/wall of...
So I redid the Tour Life Day 5 post and added the rest of the Day 5 stuff, so make sure you go back and read that one! : ) We got up very early in the morning to see some things before the crowds got bad, and OHHHH was it worth it. Mike is the MAN...he knows his...
Tonight is our meal with the family in Bethlehem. We won’t get back until around 8:30PM local time. Today we had almost 10.000 steps in before lunch, and I have caught the cough that has been going through the bus. I cannot promise I will blog tonight, as there was...
Our day today ended with a short swim in the Dead Sea. Evan and I both opted to not get all the way in, but got wet up to our knees. The water was cool, but not freezing, and felt like baby oil on the skin. People were walking around slathered with mud, which one...