Ready for some more pics?? These are from my field trip 2/12

 This is an early morning view from Mount Scopus (right next to the Mount of Olives, looking down on the Old City with the sun shining on the Eastern Wall.

 And here's the view from the Mount of Olives, again looking at the Eastern wall and the Eastern Gate, and of course at the Temple Mount.

 Standing in the same spot as the pic above, here is a look at the Southern wall, and just below the Southern wall you see the City of David. David originally had his city down on these slopes, around the Gihon Spring where they got their water from.  At the very top, almost center, you see Dormition Abbey (the round building) and the church spire right next too it, they are on Mount Zion right next to my campus.

 Now I'm walking down in the Kidron Valley, looking up at the Eastern Wall and Eastern Gate, which has been closed for centuries.

 A view of some tombs down in the Kidron Valley

 Here we are having class on top of the Herodian, the palace that Herod built on a hill out past Bethlehem (see video in the last post)

 Here's a look down into the Herodian ruins...bath houses, dining room, living quarters, etc.

 This view is from the Herodian, looking east to the Judean Wilderness.  The fields below may have been where David watched his father's  flock as a boy.  If you look real close, you can see the Dead Sea way over there in the distance.

 An anciety foot bath found at the Herodian...I could use a good foot massage right now...

There I am at the Herodian, taking a rest against an ancient column.  I get a little tired keeping up with all these young people, but it's a good and happy kind of tired:)