Catching Up - June in Jerusalem

So, as I'm sure you can see, I haven't blogged for the last month which is so horrible because so many wonderful things have happened! I'm just going to put up a bunch of pictures but I can't promise anything, this blogging business is more difficult than I expected.

At the beach in Tel Aviv, you can already see the patchy sunburn but nothing is better than a giant double scoop of gelato

Jess, Jacey and I at the beach a few weeks ago

Jess and I carrying food for the Shekel Shack back from Arab Costco

Trying to balance them on our heads - way too hard

Spice store in the Old City

Our group trying to herd the sheep and goats at Neot Kedumim

Top Shepherd

This was way harder than you think it would be

We had to corral the animals at each station inside a circle of rocks for 10 seconds...totally beat the other group!

Water wheel at Neot Kedumim

Elise and I making our own lunch - about to throw these puppies on the fire

Yemenite Torah Scribe

Torah scrolls - 200 years old

The scrolls are so holy that you can't touch them with your hands and they are kept in a special fabric case

In the Kotel Tunnel, many Jews believe that this is the closest spot to the ancient Holy of Holies

Wayna and I in the Sidonian tombs

Ashlyn, Chris, Alexia and I at Tel Lachish on our Shfelah field trip

Diedra, Erica, Ashton and I in the Byzantine Bell Caves

Dovecote - housed hundreds of pigeons and doves at a time

Erica and I on a field trip

Fields below Tel Lachish

Inside the Sidonian tombs

Drawings inside the tombs

Rob and I in the tombs

The Josh-Lauren-Ashton three-headed dog

Sara, Ashton, Josiah and I just before Hezekiah's Tunnel

Checking out that pose, just before the tunnel adventure

Joan, Adam and I in the tunnel

Taking pictures outside the tunnel

Chewy, Kori and I in the tunnel, holding up the back of the line

In the Pool of Siloam

Just after getting out of the tunnel

Mom - the Tevas were a success for the tunnel, you were right!

Teacher or security guard leaving with a group of school children...with a rifle?

Standing at an ancient stone quarry overlooking a Palestinian village in East Jerusalem

Mt. of Offense, East Jerusalem

Field trip to the Separation Wall

When Ignorance Reigns Lives Are Lost

This was just minutes before two horses came running down the street behind me, followed by a screaming Palestinian man

Passover Seder Meal

The Seder meal involves a lengthy program which involves a lot of reading from this book, ritual hand-washing and eating those delicacies you can see on the silver platter

On our hard-boiled egg we placed all of the cherry stems we had tied

So proud of myself for tying my first two cherry stems with my mouth

Just had to include this one from a friend...sleeping on the ferry on the Turkey trip...possibly a double or triple chin 

Nike shoes with the statue of the Goddess Nike

don't forget the sparkly pants - those are a hit 

Happy Father's Day pictures all over the city on our free day last week - Damascus Gate

Shopping in the city

Sorry I didn't do anything like this for Mother's Day but don't worry Mom, I didn't forget about you

Love you both

At the Western Wall

Caramel Sundaes at McDonald's

Western Wall view from the ramp to the Temple Mount

They told us we need to cover up more before entering the Temple Mount area, those scarves we got came in handy

Al Aqsa Mosque

In front of the Mosque, we aren't allowed inside

Dang tourists got in my picture at the last minute

Happy Father's Day Dad!

Ashton, Jess and I at the Dome of the Rock

Jess and I staying super modest

Jess, Ashton and I 

Praying at the Western Wall

Shopping in the Old City

Well this post has taken way too long and it's time for me to go to sleep for our field trip tomorrow. We are going to Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum) and Mt. Herzl (National Cemetary). Enjoy the pictures! We just got back from Jordan a few days ago and I'll put those pictures up soon, maybe after our finals this week.