Day 5

From the Mount of Olives looking westward at Jerusalem. Dome of the Rock in the foreground, blue domes up and to the left is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
The Garden of Gethsemane, likely in very close location to where Jesus would have been during prayer and arrest.

The traditional birthplace of Jesus, kind of ruined by the church which operates and turned into a shrine, people bend down and kiss the star which is supposedly the exact place Mary gave birth to Jesus.

The Judean Wilderness, not where Jews wandered, this is in the Promised Lands, it is where David hid from Saul and Jesus went to be tempted. Of course not necessarily this picture but in an area with the same characteristics.

Day 5 was extremely busy and in my opinion the coolest so far. Since I spent tonight updating the last two days which I was too exhausted to write about when I got home then, I am only going to post a few pictures and save the description of the day's activities and my thoughts for tomorrow since the evening will be more free. I took over 140 photos today so I think it would be better to get an extra post of picture which helps rationalize a smaller post tonight. There are only two more days in Jerusalem, then we will head south.