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Jerusalem
The compay I was visting arranged a tour of Jerusalem for Gary Iosbaker (the other HP person) and me on Saturday. We had a car and a driver and got a really interesting overview in about 9 hours.
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Mount of Olives: The cave, with no flash--they call it a grotto
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Mount of Olives: The cave, with no flash--they call it a grotto
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Mount of Olives: Part of the 4th-century church that leads to the cave
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Mount of Olives: Part of the 4th-century church that leads to the cave
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Mount of Olives: Part of the 4th-century church that leads to the cav
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Mount of Olives: Part of the 4th-century church that leads to the cav
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Mount of Olives: I did not think this looked very prosperous
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Mount of Olives: I did not think this looked very prosperous
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Mount of Olives: Churches everywhere
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Mount of Olives: Churches everywhere
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Mount of Olives: Just for reference: lots of places had iron gates and window bars.
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Mount of Olives: Just for reference: lots of places had iron gates and window bars.
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Mount of Olives: Signs were written in 3 languages--No French, German or Spanish, though
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Mount of Olives: Signs were written in 3 languages--No French, German or Spanish, though
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The somewhat decrepit garden and cemetery in front of the Pater Noster church
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The somewhat decrepit garden and cemetery in front of the Pater Noster church
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The church from outside the walls
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The church from outside the walls
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Looking a the old city from the slopes of the Mount of Olives.
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Looking a the old city from the slopes of the Mount of Olives.
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Looking a the old city from the slopes of the Mount of Olives. The large structure close to the center is the Dormition Abbey on Mt. Zion where Mary is said to have "fallen asleep for the last time."
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Looking a the old city from the slopes of the Mount of Olives. The large structure close to the center is the Dormition Abbey on Mt. Zion where Mary is said to have "fallen asleep for the last time."
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The Dome of the Rock mosque and roughly the place of the first and second Jewish temples. At least 3 religions think this is a special place.
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The Dome of the Rock mosque and roughly the place of the first and second Jewish temples. At least 3 religions think this is a special place.
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Some of the old (around100 A. D.) walls
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Some of the old (around100 A. D.) walls
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A wider view of the mosque with the city in the background and the walls in the foreground
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A wider view of the mosque with the city in the background and the walls in the foreground
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Another view of the Dormition Abbey .
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Another view of the Dormition Abbey .
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I don't know what church this is, but it is on the edge of the Kidron Valley.
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I don't know what church this is, but it is on the edge of the Kidron Valley.
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Entrance to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus supposedly spent his lst night.
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Entrance to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus supposedly spent his lst night.
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The pretty garden contains some olive trees that may be 1500 years old
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The pretty garden contains some olive trees that may be 1500 years old
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Garden of Gethsemane
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Garden of Gethsemane