Highlights from Jerusalem

In 36 hours, we managed to walk the Via Dolorosa, explore Ben Yehuda and Jaffa Street, eat in Mahane Yehuda Market, visit the City of David and Mount Zion, jaunt over to Bethlehem (where we utterly failed at actually seeing anything), stop by the Western Wall, and ponder in the Garden of Gethsemane and Garden Tomb. 

We also ate baclava, falafel, schawarma, apple bread, burgers, bagels, schnitzel and so very many cups of delicious juice (including one approved by Chuck Norris!).

Lastly, we did a little shopping for Roman Glass and Mormon Olive Wood. Along with an epic search for a legit made-in-Israel metal juicer.

 

some Scouts practicing their bagpipes

 

outside the Citadel, on the ramparts of the Old City

 

getting ready to walk through the "dry" version of Hezekiah's Tunnel

 

 

stymied at every turn in Bethlehem

 

graffiti by real Palestinians, instead of that poser Banksy

 

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Hannukah at the Western Wall

 

a little gardening in Gethsemane