A quiet day in the
Old City of Jerusalem (it's normally much more crowded)
Dante (after a really bad haircut) outside the city wall with the Citadel in the background.
Alfonso and his mother at the Citadel
Just inside the
Jaffa Gate. There is one road that makes a loop inside the walls of the city. Otherwise, most of the streets are for foot traffic only.
The Western Wall which is the
remnants from the outer wall surrounding the Second Temple destroyed in 70 AD. There is a small dividing wall between the brown tables and the white umbrella. Men pray on the left, the women squeeze in on the
itty bitty section on the right.
Some Arab girls getting out of school in the Old City
Alfonso on a section of the Via
Dolorosa
Another typical street in the Old City
The entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher -- From street level, you can't see the Dome on top (just a side view of a crucifix.) The building isn't stand alone and there are absolutely no signs indicating what it is so it looks like just about everything else in the Old City.
Inside the church...
Picture with one of the
soldiers (whose commander ordered him to smile.)
Jerusalem's religion hat trick. Between our heads is the Western Wall, the gold dome is the
Dome of the Rock where the Muslims believe Muhammad ascended into heaven on a winged horse with the angel Gabriel, and the grey dome between my head and the gold dome slightly back is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Alfonso and I at the
Shrine of the Book, the building at the Israel Museum that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Alfonso would love to live in Jerusalem. I was happy I had the opportunity to go and see it (once.)
Dante (after a really bad haircut) outside the city wall with the Citadel in the background.
Alfonso and his mother at the Citadel
Just inside the Jaffa Gate. There is one road that makes a loop inside the walls of the city. Otherwise, most of the streets are for foot traffic only.
The Western Wall which is the remnants from the outer wall surrounding the Second Temple destroyed in 70 AD. There is a small dividing wall between the brown tables and the white umbrella. Men pray on the left, the women squeeze in on the itty bitty section on the right.
Some Arab girls getting out of school in the Old City
Alfonso on a section of the Via Dolorosa
Another typical street in the Old City
The entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher -- From street level, you can't see the Dome on top (just a side view of a crucifix.) The building isn't stand alone and there are absolutely no signs indicating what it is so it looks like just about everything else in the Old City.
Inside the church...
Picture with one of the soldiers (whose commander ordered him to smile.)
Jerusalem's religion hat trick. Between our heads is the Western Wall, the gold dome is the Dome of the Rock where the Muslims believe Muhammad ascended into heaven on a winged horse with the angel Gabriel, and the grey dome between my head and the gold dome slightly back is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Alfonso and I at the Shrine of the Book, the building at the Israel Museum that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Alfonso would love to live in Jerusalem. I was happy I had the opportunity to go and see it (once.) 
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