JeruShannon

I went to the gym for the first time in 17 years and got swole welllllll ok no I got really sore my abs hurt so bad today. no pain no gain. Field trip this week: a billion overlooks! We sure went to a lot of different places to look at Jerusalem and surrounding areas! What I did not realize/truly understand how close everything is to everything. I think because I have an American mindset that everything is far apart it's weird to think that you can literally see Bethlehem from Jerusalem. Also it was clear enough that we were able to see Jericho from atop the bell tower at Augusta Victoria church/hospital. View of Jerusalem from the south: also check out bethlehem here's another view of Jerusalem and City of David also from the south, right next to the UN building Note the Dome of the Rock and the Temple Mount in the distant Next stop was the north side of Jerusalem at Nabi Samuel, which is a combination pizza hut and taco bell Mosque and Synagogue I am NOT ev

OK FIRST OF ALL: I love everything that this chooses to be Today! (I have no idea how regularly I am going to blog this but I figure since I have time and there is interest I will share) we ventured forth!! and went to West Jerusalem. I deeply regret our decision to walk because my feet kill and the taxi we took back was not expensive at all. Ok look. If you ever get the chance to go to Jerusalem: go. and if you ever are in Jerusalem: go to the Israel Museum. WOW!!!! It was amazing! Also this museum is HUGE. And it's not just one museum about one particular subject, it's got art, it's got archaeology, it's so cool. And for my animation peeps out there, you will be blown away by this: it had studio art that I aCTUALLY LIKED. didn't think that was possible. Don't worry I have pics. The exhibit we checked out (ie were distracted by) was "There's No Place Like Home"  check out these pics: clearly I was most impressed by the gi