Lexie's Coexisting in the Holy Land: October 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010

City of David!!

Our field trip this week was to the amazing City of David!! This is the original Jerusalem that Kind David and King Solomon settled and lived in. This is different from the Old City and the rest of the current-day Jerusalem. This place was amazing!! We first watched a movie in 3-D about the city which was really kind of funny and reminded me of Disneyland. Then we looked at some of the archeological sites like what they think to be David's palace and the step-stoned structure that held it up. We even saw a toilet from Lehi's time that they had dug up!! After that we went into Hezekiah's Tunnel! This was built before the Assyrians were to invade to redirect the water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam and it went under the city to keep it from invaders. It was so cool and there was water that we had to walk through and we got out at the Pool of Siloam which is the place where Christ sent the blind man to wash his eyes to be healed. This was amazing and has been one of my favorite field trips so far!! Then that night we went to West Jerusalem and went to the Waffle Bar for dinner which was soo good and soo filling!!! It was a super fun day!!

David's Palace

Getting ready for the Tunnel

Going through the Tunnel!!

The Pool of Siloam

where the blind man walked

The City of David!

Yummy Yummy Waffle!!!

A Day in West Jerusalem

One Friday morning after class we had nothing to do because we could not go out to East Jerusalem or the Old City so Aly, Heather, Lindsey, and I went to West Jerusalem to the outdoor market and for lunch. We walked around the market and bought some goodies and some challah bread which was absolutely delicious!!! We then went to Ben Yehuda St. for some yummy falafel for lunch!!! Such a good day!
The Market was soo crowded!!