Jerusalem

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This is the last one ! Jerusalem is definately a place to add to your list of places to see . I really enjoyed my time there . I met some very interesting people , had fascinating walks , great food , spiritual experiences , and developed a greater appreciation for the past . A reminder to clip on to the photos to enlarge them and see details .

Until the next journey.

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Photos

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Damascus Gate ... the hostel was just across from this , the most impressive gateway into the old city . The crenallations are unique to this entrance . The shopping/selling begins before you even enter!

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The market ... and an Armenian priest . Headcoverings abounded both for men and for women.!

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The archeological site of Bethsaida

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Lion's gate .. St Anne's church was found just inside this gate . There is also an archeological dig there of the area/site of Bethsaida .

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From the Mount of Olives looking down to the city. The side of the Mount is relatively unsettled . There are churches and monestaries/convents not private homes. There are also MANY graveyards.Jewish on the Mount side and Moslem on the embankment sloping up to the walls of the city.

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My part of the procession into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday...a joyful event.

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Always vigilant . In and around the old city there was ALWAYS a military/police presence . On rooves , walls and in the streets as well . It was a busy time in the city and they were operating on high alert . It wasn't threatening ... it was actually reassuring.

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A little truck ... the only way to deliver heavier goods and also to take out garbage.

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From the Ramparts walk. The city was dense with buildings but there were green spaces , schools with playing fields and the occassional garden .

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The stairway up to the second temple which was destroyed by the Romans . This was truly a HUGE complex .

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Part of the excavation at the Jerusalem Archeological Park in the same area as the retaining (wailing) wall. The city that existed was complex and there were definate Roman influences...ie mosaic floors .

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THE western Wall ... the women's side . It was a quiet day and the wall itself grabbed my attention . It is a Holy Place this remmnant of the 2nd temple . The history of this city is amazing.

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It was the Easter season and the whitw donkey was available for photos on the path down the Mount of Olives.

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In the Olive garden thought to be Gethsemane.

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From the Ramparts ,The watertanks are solar heated on the rooftops of the old city . New construction has solar panels built in .

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The Ramparts from the ramparts .Amazing aren't they .

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A "street" within the old city . A residential area which is much quieter than most areas.

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These buildings are from the Mamaluk period...The red buiding stone was one they favoured.

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A model of the old city that I saw at the Israeli Museum . Wow it really helped me to understand why it seemed I was awlays walking up hill...I was!

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Jerusalem Botanical Gardens .A huge area that was divided into world regions to showcase the world's plants.

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ANENOMES .Aren't they beautiful!

Comments

[R&C]

Thanks
for including us in your trip. It sounded really interesting. Good for you. Glad you got to do it & share it with us. R&C

[Shirley]

Stunning
Stunning photographs, Pam, such history! Shirley

[Mary Anne]

great photos
Hi Pamela, Great photos - have to say, it was a lovely walk down memory lane - it certainly is not a place that will change - your trip was much more extensive than mine though so it was good to see some new sites as well. MAK