There is a bell tower (a carillon) in Jerusalem, in the YMCA building. You can hear it playing if you are in the right spot in the city. The Center has connections with the people who own it and most Sundays a group of students is allowed to go up the tower, play the bells for an hour and then ring the bells for the noon hour. It was pretty much the coolest thing ever, and now I want to take the carillon class at BYU!
We took a field trip to the Shephelah (pronounced SH-vey-lah), which is the area after the coastal plains but before the hill country. We went to several forts from the time of the Assyrian and Babylonian conquests. It's really pretty here this time of year...everything is GREEN! It actually was pretty warm when we went, between 70 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It was lovely!
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| The ruins of a fort in the Shephelah. |
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| We went to the site of David and Goliath. Yes, that's me slinging a rock where David slung his rock!! I felt super cool! |
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| GREEN! |
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| At one of the sites, there was a whole underground city...it was incredible!! |
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| These guys are from the Al-Aqsa Mosque (located by the Dome of the Rock). They read the Koran to us and recited the Call to Prayer |
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| Awkward family photo at Arab night...I don't know whats up with the hand holding, it's just serving to make this picture as awkward as possible. |
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| All the girls in the Center + 2 boys |
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| One of the domes in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. |
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| Sharma!! |
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| The spice tower. Pretty much the coolest thing ever |
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| The spice tower is HUGE! |
Sigh! Looks so cool! Did you hit anything/anyone with the slingshot?! The Arab outfits are so colorful. I love them! Thanks for posting.
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