old city Jerusalem-day 7 or 8:)

(in the tunnels)

hello everyone!! ok so it is really expensive to use the hotel's internet but we went down in the lobby and picked up a signal from somewhere else...lucky you because now you get to see more adventures of the Strands in Israel, aren't you excited?!  Sababa as we say in Israel ("awesome!")!

yesterday we went to the holocaust museum, which was really depressing, so we weren't in the funny interviewing mode.  their memorial was incredibly long and they had a vast amount of information.  we went through more than 2 dozen rooms of clothing and stuff from the days of the holocaust.  we heard countless stories from survivors which were amazing!  the room that impacted us the most was a huge circular room filled with thousands of books, recording every person who died in the holocaust.  it was overwhelming. 

today we went to the mt. of olives and to the garden of gathsemene.  it was so amazing to read John 17 and actually be in the garden (or where they say it is:)) you could see how old the olive trees were...ah so amazing!  

(the western wall)

today we also went to the old city of Jerusalem.  it was amazing to see the western wall and see people praying there.  the city is unlike any other that i've seen and you will see some of it in the videos.  it was so cool to see part of the wall that was rebuilt in the time of Nehemiah.  we were able to go down in the tunnels underneath the city right next to the wall as well!  see you tomorrow! :)

(the coolest pic of the day, looking into the men's section from the women's section at the western wall. 

photo credit: jill strand)