[Leica] IMG: Jerusalem!

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)]

I am enjoying the tour. I suppose I'd leave out some of the picture
postcard shots with too many people, and concentrate on some of the
wonderful details you have captured.

Thanks for sharing. Its a part of the world I must visit. Looks
cleaner/tidier than I'd expected.

Cheers

Alastair


> Our first sight of Jerusalem, at dusk. Do you prefer this one, or either
> of the next two (narrower view, darker)?
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007687.jpg.html>
>
> Temple Mount, Old City and West Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007700.jpg.html>
>
> Gethsemane, from the bus:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007704.jpg.html>
>
> Southern Wall of the Temple Mount and Al-Aqsa Mosque:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007710.jpg.html>
>
> Dome of the Rock and Mount of Olives, from "David's Citadel":
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007725.jpg.html>
>
> Arab schoolkids on a field trip, David's Citadel
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007728.jpg.html>
>
> Christian Quarter:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007731.jpg.html>
>
> Russian Orthodox priest and his wife (presumably):
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007733.jpg.html>
> and their pilgrims:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007732.jpg.html>
>
> And a tourist trap for Russian Orthodox pilgrims.  The signs read, in
> part: Russian Store. Victor's Bazaar. We speak Russian.  Antiques.
> Icons. Souvenirs. Etc.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007735.jpg.html>
>
> Jewish Quarter, which was destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948-9, rebuilt
> after 1967.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007739.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007759.jpg.html>
>
> Southern and Western Walls of the Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock and
> Al-Aqsa Mosque, from the Jewish Quarter.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007746.jpg.html>
>
> Silhouette:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007749.jpg.html>
>
> Old city walls:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007748.jpg.html>
>
> Boundary of the Jewish Quarter:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007768.jpg.html>
>
> Western Wall pictures start here, and the next 14:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007770.jpg.html>
>
> In the archaeological tunnel at the base of the buried portion of the
> Western Wall:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007790.jpg.html
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007789.jpg.html>
>
> Woman praying in the tunnel closest to the spot  where the Holy of
> Holies is believed to have been In both color and B&W.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007794.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007794_1.jpg.html>
>
> At the Israel Museum.  Model of the city and Temple Mount as it probably
> looked during before the Romans destroyed it in 70 CE, based on
> historical sources.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007800.jpg.html>
>
> Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum. This is where the Dead Sea Scrolls
> are kept. The roof is shaped like the lids of the earthenware containers
> in which they were found.  The water flow over the roof helps cool the
> building.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007801.jpg.html>
>
> Sunset from Ammunition Hill (see also the one before and after):
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007803.jpg.html>
>
> Hope you enjoyed the virtual tour.  Feel free to browse the whole folder.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/?g2_page=1>
> Suggestions for pictures to trumpet or eliminate welcome.  I could
> hardly be objective, especially at the Wall.
>
> --Peter
>
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