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