Jerusalem (May-June)

Tel Aviv is a beautiful city on the Mediterranean Sea. Here are some of the great views I saw during the day:

Tel Aviv shoreline, with the city's skyline in the distance. 30 June 2013

 Down to Old Jaffa. 30 June 2013

 The Mediterranean Sea. 30 June 2013

 The sun shining through the clouds. 30 June 2013

 Tel Aviv Sunset. 30 June 2013

At the Pools of Bethesda. 26 June 2013

Kelby in front of Damascus Gate, our usual entrance to the Old City. 26 June 2013

Kelby in front of Monkey Island at the Biblical Zoo. 26 June 2013

 Noah's Ark. 26 June 2013

Wandering around Jerusalem and found a god view of Dome of the Rock. 23 June 2013

 This is a reconstructed street from the time of Christ. 23 June 2013

An old Italian Church, now part of the Ministry of Education. 20 June 2013

 One of the paintings from the Psalms Museum. 20 June 2013

 Herding sheep at Neot Kedumim, the Biblical Preserve. 19 June 2013

 The Torah Scribe at Neot Kedumim. 19 June 2013

 I found the way to the wedding area! Now where's my groom...? 19 June 2013

Hezekiah's Tunnel! 12 June 2013


Under the Jerusalem Center. 11 June 2013

Jerusalem Festival of Lights- the Old City decked out! 10 June 2013
 ...by Jaffa Gate

 ...in the Jewish Quarter

 ...and at Damascus Gate.

Dormition Abbey 10 June 2013

Sculptures from Yad Vashem (an idiom from Isaiah meaning Memorial and Name). 9 June 2013
...memorial for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

...Memorial for Janusz Korczak, a Polish author and orphanage owner who went with his orphans to die with them.

The Bell Caves (so named for their bell shape). 3 June 2013

Olive Oil Press inside the caverns at Maresha. 3 June 2013

The Dome of the Rock- I got a shot with no one in it! It pays to go early in the day. 2 June 2013

And then this random girl hopped in the picture. 2 June 2013

These are our best Arab faces for Culture Night. 29 May 2013

And us showing off our scandalous wrists and ankles. 29 May 2013

This is from our visit to the Garden Tomb. 11 May 2013.
 

On a clear day, you can see the Dead Sea from an overlook right next to the JC. 12 May 2013

This is one road to Jericho, of the Good Samaritan fame. 27 May 2013

Me in the Wadi Qelt, or the road to Jericho. 27 May 2013

Partying it up at Shavuot. 14 May 2013

A picture of me with the Dome of the Rock and the old city of Jerusalem in the background. 6 May 2013

The view from my balcony. 4 May 2013

Me at the Tower of David Museum. 5 May 2013

 

Me with some Jerusalem Center friends at the Tower of David Museum. 5 May 2013

Me and Julianne playing the carillon bells at the YMCA bell tower. 5 May 2013

I'm commanding the sun to stop with the hill of Gibeon behind me and to the right. 6 May 2013