Day 9 continued..

Next..Hezekiah's tunnel...a surreal and fantastic experience walking through cool running water, sometimes knee deep in a narrow tunnel.. Exiting at the Pool of Siloam.
After lunch the group did a few different things.. We walked to the Garden of Gethsemane with Julie and Phil which was a lovely peaceful garden of veeeery old olive trees.. if this was the actual garden or somewhere close to here it was easy to see why Jesus came here to pray before his arrest. Made me feel equal parts calm and ridiculously excited to be here😊
We then wandered back through the old cobblestoned streets of the Old city browsing the markets. After dinner we did a tour of the Western Tunnels.. Of interest was this 14.6mx5.3m single stone which was part of the original wall . Massive and amazing workmanship for just the fence basically..let alone the actual Temple!.. Walking through narrow tunnels on the original floor stones of the market place. Another fabulous day 😊Read more