Jerusalem is the place I have wanted to visit most in the entire world, and now I have.
I could have wandered those narrow, winding streets for hours.
We had a lovely dinner on a rooftop with an incredible panoramic view of the old city.
This is one of several places that claims to be the last spot Jesus stepped before he ascended up to heaven. My mom thought this pose was disrespectful, but I just thought it would be a way to make a picture of a stone floor more interesting. Then at the Garden Tomb I kind of wanted to take a picture of me coming out of the tomb, but was afraid I would be judged by my own family and other visitors. However, as we left we saw a woman taking a picture coming out of the tomb wearing a long scarf over her head like they did in biblical times like she was Mary Magdalene herself. I wished I was touring the city with that group--they really know how to pose for pictures.
We stopped at a 24-hour bakery when we made it back to my dad's town. While we were there we heard an air raid siren go off, so took cover inside of a building for 30 seconds until we heard the bombs hit in the not-too-far distance and then went back to the car to go home. My dad said he could tell from the sound that the bombs actually hit the ground and weren't shot down by missiles. Although it was of quick duration, it really shook me up. Although we've seen signs of the potential violence all around us with the endless checkpoints and plentiful armed guards everywhere, hearing the air raid siren and then hearing bombs hit the ground made it very real to me. Everyone else around us just went on with their business as normal--bombs hitting the area are a regular occurrence as the town is a mere 10 miles north of the Gaza Strip. Then about thirty minutes later, as my dad predicted, we heard army helicopters overhead on their way to Gaza to return bombs there. I cannot imagine this being part of my everyday life.
I could have wandered those narrow, winding streets for hours.
We had a lovely dinner on a rooftop with an incredible panoramic view of the old city.
This is one of several places that claims to be the last spot Jesus stepped before he ascended up to heaven. My mom thought this pose was disrespectful, but I just thought it would be a way to make a picture of a stone floor more interesting. Then at the Garden Tomb I kind of wanted to take a picture of me coming out of the tomb, but was afraid I would be judged by my own family and other visitors. However, as we left we saw a woman taking a picture coming out of the tomb wearing a long scarf over her head like they did in biblical times like she was Mary Magdalene herself. I wished I was touring the city with that group--they really know how to pose for pictures.
We stopped at a 24-hour bakery when we made it back to my dad's town. While we were there we heard an air raid siren go off, so took cover inside of a building for 30 seconds until we heard the bombs hit in the not-too-far distance and then went back to the car to go home. My dad said he could tell from the sound that the bombs actually hit the ground and weren't shot down by missiles. Although it was of quick duration, it really shook me up. Although we've seen signs of the potential violence all around us with the endless checkpoints and plentiful armed guards everywhere, hearing the air raid siren and then hearing bombs hit the ground made it very real to me. Everyone else around us just went on with their business as normal--bombs hitting the area are a regular occurrence as the town is a mere 10 miles north of the Gaza Strip. Then about thirty minutes later, as my dad predicted, we heard army helicopters overhead on their way to Gaza to return bombs there. I cannot imagine this being part of my everyday life.
4 comments:
K, super scary about the bombing--I can't imagine that people are just used to it! I'm so glad that you liked Jeru. Such an awesome city!
I am so glad you're safe, I checked the blog right after I saw something about a bombing in Israel on the news, I got worried. I am grateful this is not a concern for us in our normal daily lives but sad that it is for some. But Jerusalem looks great and I say go for the slightly inappropriate poses.
I can barely type, I'm laughing so hard! I'm glad you're having so much fun.
Oh wait, I just read the last paragraph, and now I feel super disrespectful.
I think you should separate your funny posts and serious posts into separate things.
Really, Kirst, you're so inconsiderate.
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