Holy Land Day 8

Today is day one of my extension on the Holy Land trip.  No bus, no guide, no agenda.  I slept in a little bit and headed out for the Six Day War museum.  I rode the train around, which was pretty cool.  I met the other folks on the extension for lunch and then we went to the Davidson Center which is an archaeological dig on the south side of the old city.  I stopped at the open air market and then I went back to the room and crashed.

The public transportation trains are very nice.

Less than $2 one way for as far as you want to go.

On the train I met this young soldier with gun.

He was very nice and helped me with directions.

The guns are not there because there are problems

the guns are there to make sure that problems don't happen.

That said, many Jews and Arabs live side by side with

no problem.  Here an Arab woman with red scarf waits to

exit the train next to a Jewish man. [note yarmulke on his head.]

Ammunition Hill museum tells the story of the Six Day War.

Lots of tears in this museum.

New recruits to the Army are brought to this museum to 

remember the story and make the commitment 

to fight for their homeland.

Actual bunkers and trenches from June 6, 1967 when

Israeli forces took Ammunition Hill from the Jordanians.

After an emotional visit to the museum, I went back to the 

old city to meet up with the others on the extension.

This is the Damascus Gate from the 1500s.  Very cool.

Southern wall excavations.  Susan Pantuso stands 

on the street where Jesus walked.

Pile of rubble in the back was left as found

after the Romans destroyed the temple in 70AD

Karen Yetzer, Miriam Van Tassle, Susan Pantuso and Carla King

in front of the temple mount foundation wall.  How did

they ever move and stack stones of this size?

Southern Wall of the Temple

Al-Aqsa Mosque on top.

Carla King on the teaching steps.  Uncovered in a dig in the

last 20 years, these are the steps that Jesus would have taught

at and that he would have climbed to enter the temple area.

Spice shop in the Moslem Quarter.

The pyramid is some kind of green spice.

Very interesting!

I stopped at the Jewish open air market on the way back

to the hotel.  Tomorrow I plan to take the bus to the 

Tank Museum in Latrun.

It's a beautiful day in God's world be sure to see the good.
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