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Jerusalem Photos Complete

I want to thank all of you for your patience as I deal with some family issues and edit thousands of photos from my trip. I took approximately 14,000 photos during my trip, with about 2,000 of them being in Jerusalem. I’ve finally made my way through all of the Jerusalem photos and have uploaded them to Flickr. I’ve included a few of my favorites (some of which you may have seen already) from Jerusalem below…

You can see the entire Jerusalem set here. Next up, I will be going through about 12,000 photos from the West Bank! Stay tuned!

Tags: israel, jerusalem, My Photos, palestine, travel

Fridays make for slow days in Jerusalem

Between the Jewish Sabbath and the Muslim day of prayer, Jerusalem is much quieter on Fridays. Many of the shops are closed and, consequentially, the streets are nearly as crowded. I still walked around a bit through the Armenian and Jewish quarters but I didn’t stay out for too long. I’m currently working on a presentation for the workcamp. Each of the international volunteers was asked to give a short presentation on their country of origin. Since so much is already known about the US and since we couldn’t possibly cover the whole country in a short presentation, each of us from the US decided to give a short presentation on where we’re from within the US. So, for example, I am giving a short presentation on my hometown, Pittsburgh, PA. And that’s what I’m working on now…

I do have a few photos from today, though. They are below…

Tomorrow’s the big day! We leave in the morning for Nablus!

Tags: israel, jerusalem, My Photos, travel

From the roof of Petra Hostel

After I woke up from my brief afternoon nap, I met a few of the other volunteers on the roof of the Petra Hostel. The weather was nice and cool, even to the point of being a little chilly as the sun set. A big change from DC! Who would have thought that I’d have to go to the Middle East for cooler weather!

Anyway, while we were up there, I also took a few shots of the Dome of the Rock. You can see them below…

Goodnight from Jerusalem!

Tags: dome-of-the-rock, hostel, israel, jerusalem, petra

Photowalking Jerusalem - Day 2

Last night, right as I was about to go to bed, I met up with four of the other volunteers. We ended staying up pretty late talking and getting to know one another. That didn’t stop me from getting up bright and early this morning to continue touring around the Old City of Jerusalem.

Today, we walked the Via Dolorosa, visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Western (Wailing) Wall, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Dome of the Rock. That’s quite a bit of walking for only half a day…. and quite a few photos! In my first 24 hours here, I have already taken more photos than I took for the entire three weeks I was here last time. Needless to say, when I get home I will be editing photos for months!

Anyway, on to the photos! These are some of my favorites… There are a few more over at Flickr.

Tags: dome-of-the-rock, israel, jerusalem, My Photos, travel, wailing, wall, western-wall

First shots from Jerusalem!

Fortunately, the wifi signal is my room has turned out to be pretty stable. So, I have uploaded a few shots from my brief walk today. Nothing great yet, as today was really more about getting some food, getting acclimated, and refamiliarizing myself with the narrow maze that is the Old City.

I’ve been in touch with two of the other international volunteers and I plan on meeting up with them tomorrow. I believe there are a few other people also staying in the Petra Hostel as well and I’m sure we’ll find each other.

Anyway, on to the photos…

Tags: israel, jerusalem, My Photos, travel

Shalom from Jerusalem!!

Just a quick note to let you all know that I have arrived in Jerusalem! The flight wasn’t too bad, though it’s tough to ride 10 hours in Coach after having traveled in business class for my last trip. Anyone want to donate to upgrade my flight back? Haha…

Anyway, I did a little walking around the Old City this afternoon. I’m staying in the Petra Hostel near Jaffa Gate. I will be meeting up with some of the other international volunteers here, as well.

There is some flaky Wifi in my room but I don’t know if it’ll be stable enough to upload photos. Regardless, there are plenty of Internet cafes around so I expect I’ll upload some photos tomorrow.

Tonight, I’m just gonna take it easy and stick close to the hostel. A lot of the shops are already starting to close for the day and I don’t really want to wander around the Old City at night by myself. Last time I did that, I stumbled on to a Hamas pep rally. But that’s another story.

Anyway, goodnight from Jerusalem! I hope to have some photos up tomorrow!

Tags: israel, jerusalem, travel

On my way to Jerusalem

Hello everyone! Today’s the day! I almost feel like it snuck up on me… I’ve been so preoccupied with my other travels that this one hasn’t even felt… “real”. Well it does now. I’m currently sitting in BWI awaiting my flight to New York where I’ll board another flight that will take me to Tel Aviv around 1pm Jerusalem time.

I’ll be staying in Old City of Jerusalem for the first few days… I am so psyched about taking photos there! I am probably the least religious person you can find but Jerusalem is just… amazing. While in Jerusalem, I will be meeting up with a few of the other international volunteers, as well.

Anyway, I will be updating Twitter while I am traveling and it is probably the best and quickest way to get updates on what I am doing. As for Internet access, if it’s anything like last time, I will have access to the Internet for about an hour a day, depending on if I feel like walking to the Internet cafe on any particular day. As a result, I am going to do my best to post something each and everyday so you can read (and see) what I’m up to. I can’t even estimate how many photos I’ll end up with after this trip, but I will be posting a couple a day to give everyone a taste.

In the meantime, the volunteer camp in which I am participating also has a blog if you’re interested in reading it. It can be found at the following URL:

http://hopefortomorrow2008.blogspot.com/

I think that’s about it… Talk to you all from Jerusalem!

Tags: israel, jerusalem, travel