 1 July 28th, 2010 Arrived in Tel Aviv. Going for a drive with Moos, Hilde and Yaron. |
 2 July 29th, 2010 Hilde and I on the bus from Rishon LeZion (Tel Aviv suburb) to Jerusalem. |
 3 July 29th, 2010 Yaron made sure we got away ok :-) |
 4 July 29th, 2010 Arrived in the excellent 'American Colony Hotel'. Jerusalem. |
 5 July 29th, 2010 Garden Tomb - alternative possible burial site for Jesus. Jerusalem. |
 6 July 29th, 2010 'Skull Hill' because of the resemblance of a skull to the right. www.gardentomb.com |
 7 July 29th, 2010 Damascus Gate entry to the Old City. Jerusalem. |
 8 July 29th, 2010 Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene, Mt of Olives/Olijfberg. Jerusalem. |
 9 July 29th, 2010 Old City at Lion's Gate. Jerusalem. |
 10 July 29th, 2010 View over the city with 'Dome of the Rock' (Foundation stone of the world) or 'Temple Mount' (where Solomon built the first temple and put the Ark of the Covenant inside). |
 11 July 29th, 2010 Terraske with Hilde. Zabotinsky Bar in the Ben Shetach district. Jerusalem. |
 12 Aug 2nd, 2010 I loved wandering around in the Old City. Jerusalem. |
 13 Aug 2nd, 2010 Via Dolorosa (Way of Grief or Suffering/Kruisweg). Jerusalem. |
 14 Aug 2nd, 2010 Dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with 'Station 9 of the Cross / Kruisweg statie 9'. |
 15 Aug 2nd, 2010 Dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre / Heilg Graf Kerk. Jerusalem. |
 16 Aug 2nd, 2010 Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Ingang Heilig Graf Kerk. Jerusalem. |
 17 Aug 2nd, 2010 Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre / in de Heilig Graf Kerk. Jerusalem. |
 18 Aug 2nd, 2010 Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre / in de Heilig Graf Kerk. Jerusalem. |
 19 Aug 2nd, 2010 Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre / in de Heilig Graf Kerk. Jerusalem. |
 20 Aug 2nd, 2010 Wandering around the Old City. Jerusalem. |
 21 Aug 2nd, 2010 Western or Wailing Wall Plaza / Klaagmuur. Jerusalem. |
 22 Aug 2nd, 2010 Western Wall - women's side. Jerusalem. |
 23 Aug 2nd, 2010 Western or Wailing Wall / Klaagmuur. Jerusalem. |
 24 Aug 2nd, 2010 To communicate with and tell the men what to buy the women stand on chairs and look over the divide. Western Wall Plaza, Jerusalem. |
 25 Aug 2nd, 2010 Women's side of Western Wall Plaza. |
 26 Aug 2nd, 2010 View over Western Wall and Dome of the Rock from the direction of the Jewish Quarter. Jerusalem. |
 27 Aug 2nd, 2010 Al-Aqsa Mosque (Old City) with Jewish Cemetery on the Mt of Olives. |
 28 Aug 2nd, 2010 Jewish Quarter, Old City. Jerusalem. |
 29 Aug 2nd, 2010 Navigating the narrow streets of the Old City. Jerusalem. |
 30 Aug 2nd, 2010 Colors and smells of the Old City. Jerusalem. |
 31 Aug 2nd, 2010 Spice shop, Old City. Jerusalem. |
 32 Aug 2nd, 2010 Mamilla shopping street just outside the Old City walls at the Jaffa Gate side. Jerusalem. |
 33 Aug 2nd, 2010 Snaking my way back through the Old City to my hotel. Jerusalem. |
 34 Aug 2nd, 2010 I just about had the place to myself in the evening. Old City, Jerusalem. |
 35 Aug 2nd, 2010 Approaching the Damascus Gate on my way to my hotel. Old city, Jerusalem. |
 36 Aug 3rd, 2010 Off to the Dead Sea. Hilde, Yaron and kids picked me up in Jerusalem. |
 37 Aug 3rd, 2010 We have reached 'sea level'. |
 38 Aug 3rd, 2010 -150m / -492ft ... going down... |
 39 Aug 3rd, 2010 ... and down .... -300m / 984ft ... |
 40 Aug 3rd, 2010 ok... first we went up again to visit the ancient city of Masada, which has a complicated history and is now one of the key symbols for the Jewish State. |
 41 Aug 3rd, 2010 Dead Sea from Masada. |
 42 Aug 3rd, 2010 Caroline and Hilde at Masada. |
 43 Aug 3rd, 2010 Moos, liran and Hilde. Masada. |
 44 Caroline and Yaron. Masada. Man it was hot!!! (about 45C / 113F and possibly hotter). |
 45 Aug 3rd, 2010 Shore of the Dead Sea: -422m / -1,240ft. |
 46 Aug 3rd, 2010 You can't not float... in about a meter (3.3ft) of water!!!! Very funny!! |
 47 Aug 3rd, 2010 Got the hang of it quite quickly! And the water felt warmer than the showers I take! |
 48 Aug 3rd, 2010 Trick is to keep the very salty water out of your eyes. |
 49 Aug 3rd, 2010 Made it to the lowest point on the surface of the earth!!!!! |
 50 Aug 3rd, 2010 Hilde happily floating in the Dead Sea. Notice the fresh-water taps in case you get water in your eyes! |
 51 Aug 3rd, 2010 Moos on camelback. |
 52 Aug 3rd, 2010 Liran on camelback. |
 53 Aug 4th, 2010 View all te eway to the old port town Jaffa (in the distance) from my room at the Hilton in Tel Aviv. |
 54 Aug 4th, 2010 Walking along the beach promenade to Jaffa. Tel Aviv. |
 55 Aug 4th, 2010 View from Jaffa all the way back to the Hilton (furthest building). Jaffa. |
 56 Aug 4th, 2010 View from Jaffa. |
 57 Aug 4th, 2010 Quaint Jaffa. |
 58 Aug 4th, 2010 Jaffa. |
 59 Aug 4th, 2010 Lots of art galleries. Jaffa. |
 60 Aug 4th, 2010 People flock to the beach on hot days like this. Tel Aviv. |
 61 Aug 4th, 2010 Evening stroll in Tel Aviv. |
 62 Aug 4th, 2010 Night view from hotel. Tel Aviv. |