May 28 - June 1, 2017 @ Jerusalem, Israel


Abraham Hostel Jerusalem, $130 for a double room

Machane Yehudah Market aka The Shuk

Jerusalemic nightlife center

Must eat more Taramasalata!

Kitty is tired of kebab

So I found her something different

Rooftop @ Mamilla Hotel

Kitty & FF

Alrov Mamilla Ave

Israeli folklore

@ The First Station

Haas Promenade

Amazing view of the old city and environs

Kitty & Me

Tmoi Shilshom Breakfast Club

Menu made of story book

CS host & me

House Shakshuka

I wish too!

Thanks Shani for inviting us to celebrate Shavuot with you guys!

Israeli wine

Shavuot festival

Many foreign students in Jerusalem

Busy night

Orthodox Jews

Yafo Street

Day time - empty

Old City Wall

Jaffa Gate

Tower of David

Jewish family

Jewish Quarter

Western Cardo

Remains of a main road from the Roman-Byzantine period

Hurva Synagogue

Jewish holiday, all shops are closed

Me @ Temple Mount

Dome of the Rock & The Western Wall

Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven

Muslim Quarter, home to 30000 people

Muristan Square

Old City Bazaar

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Chapel of Saint Helena

Chapel of the Invention of the Holy Cross

The Christ Pantocrator mosaic

The Catholicon

The Aedicule

Tomb of Jesus

The larger domes of the church

The Rock of Calvary

The Stone of Anointing

Armenian compound

The Altar of the Crucifixion

Church of the Resurrection

The Redeemer

Roofs market promenade

Very safe, or not?

Church of St. Mary of agony

First meal of the day

Hurva Synagogue

Play cellphone while on duty?

One of my favorite photo

Dome of the Rock & The Western Wall

A surviving remnant of the Temple Mount

Old City @ night

Jews chief place of pilgrimage

during the Ottoman Period till now

Western Wall Tunnels

Prayers, singing and dancing

Alrov Mamilla Avenue

Lots of nightlife in Jerusalem

Al-Aqsa Mosque

Long wait and security line to get in

Wailing Wall

I waited an hour to get in at 10:55, 11 it is closed

Armenian Patriarchate

Roof of Austrian Hospice

5 to visit the roof

Damascus Gate

Me @ Mount of Olives

Chapel of the Ascension

Chapel of the Ascension

Chapel of the Ascension

Mount Temple

Ocean of graves

Mount Temple

Tomb Of The Prophets

Estimated 150,000 graves on the Mount

Church of Mary Magdalene

Painting @ Gethsemane

Painting @ Gethsemane

Painting @ Gethsemane

Gethsemane

Tomb of the Virgin

Burial site of the Virgin Mary

Tomb of the Virgin

Absalom*s Tomb

Steps back to Mount Temple

Zecharias* Tomb

One of the most beautiful of all the sacred buildings

Open for tourists @ 3pm

St. James Cathedral

Hurva Synagogue

Hurva Synagogue

Jewish quarter

Muslim quarter

Light rail

Machine guns

They are very friendly

Cherries!

Machane Yehudah Market

Convert into bars at night

Kippah

Soldier everywhere


Mount of Olives


The Western Wall and Temple Mount


Mosaic @ Church of the Holy Sepulchre


Old City


Old City


Mount Temple