I apologize I have not written in some days now.
Something very serious happened at home, so we had to get home to Norway in a hurry to
take care of some of our grandchildren, but we are so grateful all we got of
experiences on just 4 days!! We feel we had a long vacation…
And we are so lucky we got at least one day in
Bethlehem and one day in The Old City of Jerusalem. We bought lots of gifts and
also zattar and arabic coffee – so I enjoy my coffee and my grandchildren enjoy
my zattar-food. The worst thing was to leave Eden and not finish painting the
fence, and also that we did not meet Yady.
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I got a picture from Line - so it seems like YOU NEED
NOT DOING IT
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Before we left Norway, we met 4 lovely
"girls" at the airport that were on their way to Israel. In some few
minutes we got a special good connection and can you imagine: At least three
of us were related to the same genealogy-tree. We invited the
"girl-group" to guide them in The Old City, so here comes some
pictures from that day.
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The
Jerusalem Mill
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The Tomb of David
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outside
the tomb of David
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Inside
the communion hall
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view
at mt. Zion
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on
the roof
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at
our Armenian friend's shop
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view
at Kedron Valley
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I am
walking on the walls...
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The
dome of the rock
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At the Western Wall
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| prayer
tags are placed in the cracks in the wall |
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vigorous ladies walked between 2 and 3 miles that day
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the
spring is here!
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from
"the archaeological garden", the city of David
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On
the Mount of Olives is the oldest graveyard which is still in use
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Golden
gate with the muslim graveyard outside
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All
nation's church
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with
the beautiful Gethsemane-garden
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inside
the church
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The
stone where Jesus prayed
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the
grotto was closed
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Lion's
gate
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Then
we walked the Via Dolorosa with its 14 items
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crown
of thorns church
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A
game from Roman time
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Via
Dolorosa is a busy street
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from
the Ethiopian Church
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from
St Helene's water-cave
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With
a marvelous acoustic
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the
Holy Sepulcher, a church inside the church
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a
well deserved beer at Ha Taverna
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and a
well deserved rest....
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"What
a marvelous place!!!"
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and
what a marvelous atmosphere!!
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We
recommend the food at Ha Taverna
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Armenian
food at its best!!!
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We tried to reach the sunset from Mt. Olives, but were some minutes too late....
here from the steps up to the mountain
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Good to rest before we went through the Western Wall tunnel
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walking
through The Old city when the shops are closed, is a special experience...
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Some
few hours before we left the next day:
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Look at the fancy fence!!
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Asmahan
is always pamper me - she calls me Louvisa
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A
"happy" color!! You will never find a color like that in Norway!
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A gift from Yuval; Hebrew - lessons
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I got
the newest book as a gift from Yohanan!! :) Can you believe!! He has such a
good sense of humor!!
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Yuval
made us a delicious last meal
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Lehitraot
bekarov - we will see you soon, our good, good friends at Eden Jerusalem Hotel
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our last (and first) falaffel with humus this time -
at the airport
LEHITRAOT BEKAROV!!!!!
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!
OUR FRIENDS IN JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM
NEED YOUR PRAYERS AS WELL!!
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