MadTrippin

So I’ll just hit the highlights of today, cause it feels like we did a lot of stuff that wasn’t really important. We hit old Jerusalem today. Pools of Bethesda, Stations of the cross, Church of the holy Sepulcher, Prison where jesus was held and ended with the Church Of John the Baptist and the Springs of Mary. The holy Sepulcher was pretty cool. It’s like 12 churches in one all center around the spot that the orthodox church claims is Jesus’ tomb. Here’s a pic of the inside that I liked. There is really no proof in the pudding that this is actually jesus’ tomb, but we’ll see another spot tomorrow that claims the same thing. There is a lot of that here. They claim this or that, but none of it is true. I was talking to my dad about this and it all comes back to faith. We know this stuff happen and somewhere near here, but exactly where doesn’t matter so pick a spot.

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You know how you hear, Americans are rude? Wrong! Try Russians, Italians, Armenians, Palestinians, Israelis, Japanese, Indian, ect. Everyone is pushing and bumping and trying to sneak in here or there. This is a religious place, but most of the time you’d never know it. I had one Russian lady today while we were standing in line stand so close to me from behind, here toes were touching my shoes, and I think she may have checked out my colon. Every time I tried to move forward she’d move forward so she was touching me. I finally “accidentally” Stepped on her toe really hard. Didn’t stop her. So I started dancing, which pushed her back for a while. But man lines of people are annoying. Unfortunately they are everywhere.

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My favorite part of the day was old Jerusalem. It like a market out of a dream or movie. Packed with people and good and everyone jockeying for sales. It was great. When Andy and I got free time, we went back. Here’s a pic, but it doesn’t give it justice. You really need to see it yourself. You can buy anything and haggle to get the best price. I only bought some fresh made pita, which was wonderful, but I’ll go back and get more. It was a little weird though to have soldiers with machine guns on every corner. Not something I’m used too. Anyway, that’s it for today…….