Netanya, second home:
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| crappy night shot |
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| morning panorama |
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| sunrise over the city |
the next day, more Roman ruins. Caesarea - where we spent more time disrespecting boundaries to get our feet in the Mediterranean than we did interacting with the history:
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| "look Mom, I touched it!" |
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| one of Herod's many swimming pools |
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| I found the pentagon-shaped canal interesting |
after which, we headed to Jerusalem!
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| from the Mount of Olives |
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| looking towards the Mount of Olives |
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| Garden of Gethsemane on the other side of that church |
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| Tomb of Absalom |
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| Yay! one of my favorite places - just inside the Jaffa Gate |
some sub-par pics of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre:
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| entrance |
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| Stone of Anointing |
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| the mosaic behind the Stone depicting its use |
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| the Aedicule - the tomb itself |
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| Golgotha - the site of the Crucifixion |
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| Chapel of St. Helena mosaic |
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| ancient graffiti worship |
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| in the shuk |
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| all the things I want! |
the Kotel:
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| paratroopers |
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| the Wall |
the Israel museum:
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| we found ourselves observed by these strange alien creatures... |
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| ...they appeared at random, out in public |
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| Dead Sea scroll |
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| scroll |
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| fun with texture |
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| a good exhibit |
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| my son caught one! |
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| 'Iron Trees' by Ai Weiwei |
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| model of the second temple |
in the hotel restaurant:
there ended the first week - stay tuned for the second half of the adventure, beginning with Masada and the Dead Sea!
Alien creatures! Best caption: some sub-par pics of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. That should be a postcard series, just so you can put that on the back. Cool to see all of the pictures, plus Teen Wolf's expression at getting his feet in the Mediterranean.
ReplyDeletelol - good idea! yeah, it was great to show my young man something new, and his first plane ride, too.
DeleteI am loving all the pictures
ReplyDeletethanks! I had fun shooting them!
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