This week was busy and full of lots of field trips and adventures throughout the city. We leave for Galilee on Monday, so we wanted to get as much out of the city as we could. On Tuesday we went to the Israel Museum. I saw ancient artifacts that were actually really cool!
Above is Hadrian and below is cuneiform writing! Cuneiform is the first writing system which means this thing is super old. I love how old things are here!
On Wednesday we visited the Jewish Quarter of the old city. This was a museum built over the remains of a house dating to the time of the destruction of the temple.
The Jewish Quarter is my favorite. It is so beautiful and I love the people there.
Then we got up close to the temple mount! Here you can see where the stones were pushed off the top and smashed through the street below when the temple was destroyed.
This is the triple gate. In Christ's time this was the access point onto the mount.
Here I am sitting on steps that once led to the entrance. Of all the places in Israel, this is one spot that we can for sure say Christ walked. He would have taken this path to get into the courtyard of the temple.
This doesn't look like much, but it's the upper room! They believe this is the room where the last supper took place.
On Friday we met with the editor of the Jerusalem newspaper. He took us on a tour around Jerusalem to look at the separation wall. He explained the politics behind the wall. It is so fascinating to me. I have such a better understanding of the middle east now that I've lived here for 3 months.
Happy 17th Birthday Kelly! . .
Nothing says happy birthday like the separation wall.
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