Day 6

This morning we met up with our tour guide Ophir again, and headed out in our golden van ( to match the golden city). Our first stop was the Mount of Olives. We had a beautiful view of Mout Moriah, or Mount Zion. The hill is covered with tombs of people trying to be the first to see the Messiah when He comes to the earth.
We then had a short stop at King David's tomb, which is very close to the room of the Last supper. There were a few different groups in there. The first was a group of Chinese Christians, who began to sing a hymn. As soon as some of the Muslim people heard them singing, they began chanting, and soon the room was filled with large amounts of noise. We left before anything got more serious.

From there we parked the van and went to the garden of Gethsemane. This was a very quiet, restful place and we didn't spend long here.
After this we started to walk the Via De La Rosa, and the worst tragedy that could have possible happened occurred. My camera died..... :(

Thankfully Mom had hers with her, so I didn't have a complete heart attack.

We got up onto the temple mount which is very resit riced for the Jews. The Muslims have built a mosque over where the Holy of Holies used to lie. Our guide got us up and we sat for a bit and talked about some of our goals for the next year. Ophir quite often stops us and gets us to really be still and appreciate the beauty of this place.

After we started on the Via Del La Rosa. It follows Jesus's believed route through Jerusalem from his trial until the spot where he died, was buried, and rose again. All of the sites are very Catholic, and there are several churches along the way.

About halfway through we got the 'best hummus in Jerusalem.' Very abtly named.

Then we said our goodbyes to Ophir and headed to find our next stop, the Time Elevator. It's was basically a small ride that was a summery of what we've learned so far. Not all that special, although it was a twenty-five minute break for our feet.

We then walked to the Tower of David, where they put on a light show. Now..don't' think some lights flashing...thing lights projecting images on a building that is thousands of years old, telling the story of the Israeli people. It was breathtaking.
Then it was back to the hotel to grab our flip flops for our very sore feet, and off to our 9pm dinner.