[Leica] IMG: Jerusalem!

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Thanks to everyone who commented.

No, Phillipe, ABSOLUTELY no regrets about having taken the M8 and the 
35/1.4 ASPH.

Richard:   :-)

Ted: Let's hope that no one has to see or experience again what you saw 
in 1967.

Alistair: Glad you liked 7711.  That is looking through the window of 
the Davidson Archaeological Park building. My wife's cousin was in 
charge of the making of the glass and steel of that building, so it's 
all in the family.  :-)

--Peter

> 7711 is my favourite - some of the wailing wall are also really worth
> a second visit
>
> Keep clicking Peter, I'm sure you have no regrets about your choice of
> camera now :-)
>
> Philippe
>
>
> Le 13 d?c. 10 ? 10:24, Peter Klein a ?crit :
>
> >
> > 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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