The birthday girl with her birthday cake just outside Mount Carmel
A beautiful view of the Mediterranean Sea at Caesarea
Will bought Beth & me olive wood crosses. Truly one of the sweetest boys I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.
Hezekiah's Tunnel in the City of David. This was a long underground tunnel with water that we waded through. It was pitch black so we had flashlights to get through it. Very cool - one of my favorite moments on the trip.
In Bethlehem, we went to the Church of Nativity. There was a cave inside with a star representing where Jesus may have been born (this is just a guess).
Herod built a palace called Herodian. It was one of his greatest palaces and he was buried there.
The Western Wall. The left side is for men, and the right side was for women. We went up and prayed along this wall. This is the closest point to the Holiest of Holies (where the original temple was built) that Jewish people can go, because they are not allowed on top of the Temple Mount where the original temple used to be (which now has the Dome of the Rock - I'll post pictures of this with Day 7). When you finish praying on this wall, you back away all the way to the entrance as not to show disrespect by turning you back.
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