Day 3 - Touring the Old City...
Toured all around the Old City today. Started at the Jaffe Gate, did the Tower of David, Lions’ Gate, Pool of Bethesda, then the entire Way of the Cross through the Muslim and Christian Quarters, ending in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Then we went off to lunch at a local restaurant!
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Start of our walking tour with a nice view of our hotel. |
Annie, Rod, and Angela posing for posterity. Weather was overcast and chilly with a little rain, just like January should be... Edifice above Annie’s head is our hotel, the King David. |
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Yesterday we did the Dome of the Rock area.Today we started at the Jaffe Gate right next tothe Tower of David (on the far left). |
Interior view of various excavations at the Tower of David... |
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Another view from above... |
The model of what the original citadel might have once looked like. |
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The "Pool of Bethesda" |
Working our way to the "Way of the Cross" which starts in the Muslim quarter near Herod's Gate... |
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Also nearby was Saint Anne's Church... |
Starting the "Way of the Cross" in the Old City. Beginsin the Muslem quarter and meanders about, ending in the Christian quarter... |
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Via Dolorosa. Each station is identified with astone marker. Here station 5. |
Walking through the narrow streets of the Muslim Quarter... |
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... and ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre |
Another interior view of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre |
