I LOVE Sundays but I always come home exhausted! Lexie, David, Jen, Taylor, and I set off after breakfast for our day of adventures. We started off at the western wall to see some Torah readings and bar mitzvahs and honestly, it wasn't too much different than other times (other than Sabbath Eve). One girl described it as going back in time because most people there are in traditional garb and they are speaking the old language if the Torah.
On our way out we found an underground tour of the western wall. Then we wandered around the old city, stopped in a few churches, went shopping, and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine! We accidentally wandered into the Jewish quarter (my fave!) and I bought some pastries for lunch. Then we went to Dormition Abbey (the big church on a hill that's behind the Dome of the Rock. It was really pretty! We sang here and it was beautiful!
We followed a tour group into what is traditionally where Christ had the last supper. The group we were with sang a song that was more on the gospelly side. It was neat to see their devotion in a way that's different than ours. As they were on their way out we sang a sacrament hymn and it was nice.
Our last stop St. Peter's church. On our way there we ran into some friends and frolicked in some flowers (no wonder people think Mormons are weird). The church was beautiful but by the time we got home we were beat! But beat from a long day I'd grand adventures :)
On our way out we found an underground tour of the western wall. Then we wandered around the old city, stopped in a few churches, went shopping, and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine! We accidentally wandered into the Jewish quarter (my fave!) and I bought some pastries for lunch. Then we went to Dormition Abbey (the big church on a hill that's behind the Dome of the Rock. It was really pretty! We sang here and it was beautiful!
We followed a tour group into what is traditionally where Christ had the last supper. The group we were with sang a song that was more on the gospelly side. It was neat to see their devotion in a way that's different than ours. As they were on their way out we sang a sacrament hymn and it was nice.
Our last stop St. Peter's church. On our way there we ran into some friends and frolicked in some flowers (no wonder people think Mormons are weird). The church was beautiful but by the time we got home we were beat! But beat from a long day I'd grand adventures :)
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