Old City and Jericho Field Trip

GIRLS DAY OUT IN THE OLD CITY:

it was the last day of Ramadan so we first got a special holiday treat

aka hot pancake with warm sugar in the middle.

yummy!

shopping at Ali Baba's for genie pants

(mom- i didn't buy any haha)

candy stand- don't worry, i saw flies buzzing around on the candy.

only in the old city.

lunch date at the Pizzeria Basti across from the Austrian Hospice

notice the Sprite!

decorations for Ramadan

MaGnUm IcE cReAm BaRs!

on the sabbath we went to the Garden Tomb, it was absolutely gorgeous

every stinkin time i enter the Center from being out in the city all us girls run to the 2nd floor AC vent. we let our hair down and enjoy the cold air.

just a moment in the everyday life of a JC student.

CONQUEST FIELD TRIP:

Inn of the Good Samaritan and museum of Byzantine mosaics commemorating the Good Samaritan

(these pics are illegal and sneaky.... we didn't know at the time but no pics were allowed inside. haha oops!)

overlooking the road from Jericho up to Jerusalem

where the parable of the Good Samaritan took place:

reenactment of King Herod drowning his Brother-in-law at his Winter Palace.

muahahahah!

tree of zacchaeus

the walls of Jericho Joshua made tumble down

drinking the waters of Jericho!

with Dr. Chadwick- the most educated LDS person on archeology and geography of the Middle East. legit.

our bodyguards. they are my favorite. but really, they are.