On the way out of Bethlehem, we saw the Palestinian take on an American icon... Then it was on to Jerusalem and the Hotel Gloria... After we found our rooms, unpacked and had a little supper, we took a trip to The Israel Museum... The dome structure above houses the Dead Sea Scrolls. This fountain/roof is huge and was created to resemble the lid from one of the clay jars that contained the scrolls...The pictures that follow are some of the artifacts contained in the museum... Outside there was this very cool 1/5th size model of Jerusalem, second Temple time...The bummer was it was night time...Would've loved to have seen this in the light of day... After another breathtaking day in the Holy Land, it was back to the Gloria for a good night's rest... Bye: Mark
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You totally have Sound of Music stuck in your head now. By beginning I mean the beginning of the New Testament... We continued from the morning into Bethlehem for lunch. Bethlehem is in Palestine. We ate lunch in a very fancy Nissan Restaurant. After lunch, we went across the street to the Nissan Olive Wood Factory. They take wood like this... And turn it into things... Like this! The olive wood factory really was amazing. We then got back on our bus to continue on to the Church of the Nativity. We entered the loud, bustling Greek Orthodox church and went down the stairs... To the place they say Jesus was born. The room was beautifully decorated, almost ad nauseam We then exited into a nice courtyard. And re-entered the much quieter Catholic side of the building. We went down another set of stairs to a much more authentic feeling place. We prayed and sang a few Christmas carols before departing back to the bus. Despite this long post, we still did more today! But that's all for now :)
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