Jerusalem City

Moving onto Jerusalem city…on the way we stopped to have lunch right below the Mount of Olives. This was nice because we had more peace & quiet to take in the experience…afterwards we went to the top, where there is a full panoramic view of Jerusalem and the huge walls built by king david…now that was cool… an entire city enclosed with walls. Here are a few pictures below:

After lunch, just below the Mount of Olives 

(On top of the Mount of Olives with Jerusalem city in the background) 

In this picture you can see what is a huge grave yard on a hill…  back in the old days, you were not allowed to bury people in the city, so all of the bodies were buried on the sides of these mountains just outside…it’s starting to look a tad overcrowded, so I’m not sure what their back up plan is.

Inside Jerusalem city…I found it interesting, because within the city they have 3 quarters (Jewish, Muslim & Christian)…all of these people living side by side as ‘brothers’ as our tour guide described them. In the western world they depict Israel as being the land of Christian, the land of Jesus… when in actuality, the population is split into these 3 religions pretty equally. A short walk away from the western wall was the Muslim quarters, who reside right next to the site of Jesus’ crucifixion & resurrection.  

Kari & Ludovic after lunch 

(No more pictures because this internet is taking way to long to download & I have to go back to work!) 

WILL POST THE REST LATER ALONG WITH DETAILS FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. 

The next 9 days we will be at sea on our way to Seychelles… it has been extremely rough today, a lot of people are getting seasick…I just kinda feel drunk and sleeply lol . it should settle down tomorrow because we are crossing the Suez Canal in the morning, then the red sea and gulf of Aden. During this time we’ll have pirate watch 24/7.

Next post should be in about 2 weeks or so since I probably won’t have many stories from these days at sea…but hey who knows ;)