Mount Zion

Mount Zion, as seen from the mount of olives.

These guys on the roof made for a nice picture

This is a carob tree (photo by Theresa). We were waiting in the shade for another group to move out of the area that we were going to. Ben fiddled a bit with the seed pods and it made a clicking sound. He said "the food of Yochanan the Immerser" (John the Baptist). According to Ben, the pods of the carob tree were called locusts.

We went to the upper room but it is only in the right area, the room is actually from the Crusader period.

David's Tomb. This is almost certainly not authentic

At the entrance to "David's tomb" there was an elaborate Mezuzah (a little tube which holds scripture).

Deut. 6:9 "write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates"

Outside, on the other wall was another big Mezuzah.