Day 13 - July 3, 2008

Today was a day of walking...lots of walking. We walked the entire city of Jerusalem...well the old city that is. It was worth it to see all the amazing sights in just a few hours. We started off at a Muslim mosque, the western or wailing wall, and the Dome of the Rock (the building with a golden dome). Before we took a group picture, our friend Lyndee spiced things up. There was a group of policemen sitting in the shade and she asked if she could take a picture with them. So she goes to sit down and squeezes in between two of the men. They liked that and even let her wear one of their hats. It was hilarious. Then of course everyone else wanted to do it so we waited until everyone had their turn. Monica and I didn't have the desire to join in since the men were not good looking!

We continued on to Via Dolorosa (where the Savior carried his cross), Lion’s Gate (where the apostle Stephen was stoned), the Pool of Bethesda, St. Anne’s church (where Sara sang a beautiful solo and we sang some hymns), and just outside the Old City, the upper room (one of three possibilities) at Mt. Zion. The city is wonderful with the mazes of streets where vendors are everywhere you go.

After a long, hot day of walking what else would you do but walk in Hezekiah's tunnel. It's a tunnel that was built back in 8th century BC. As you can tell you walk in cold, refreshing water. We needed flashlights to help us walk through the dark tunnel, but it was so much fun. When we first got in that was the deep part and the water went up just a little past our knees. Everyone really enjoyed our journey through the tunnel and we sang silly songs. Overall we didn't have much room, but the mystery of what was next was fun.

Again the rest of the day ended with dinner, shopping and you guessed it VH-1 countdowns!