as my friend Charles Muntz said in Up...
"Adventure is out there!"
so i'm out searching for it!!
with all but two of my classes ending next week, you'd think things might start to slow down....that's definitely NOT the case! if anything life is moving faster and faster, and i feel like before i know it i'll be sitting in the salt lake airport wondering where the time has gone!
what do you do when you visit the tomb of the kings? you pretend to be zombies of course....
ice city! ice, ice city!
what better way to spend a blazing hot day in Jeru?
COMPLETE WITH ICE SLIDE!
walking the 14 stations of the cross with the Franciscan monks on a friday afternoon...
guess who came on a tour to israel?
that's right folks! jon schmidt! he gave a performance for us at the augusta victoria church of the ascension...
hearing his "love story meets viva la vida" and thinking of coldplay's lyrics "i hear jerusalem bells a ringing"
brought the lyrics to life a bit...
as well as his "tribute" written for his deceased sister, and thinking of the resurrection of Christ at this very spot... a powerful night!
so back to my childhood.... it's off to the ZOO!!!! the biblical zoo in fact!
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basically i'm the new steve irwin---CRIKEY!!
zoo would not be complete without a giant ark.
Yad Vashem: the Israel Holocaust Museum
fittingly followed by Herzl's grave, the founder of the Zionist movement
the separation wall--meant to divide the palestinian territories from israeli controlled land... quite controversial
a nice break--gelato in west jeru! happy birthday priscilla!! :)
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highlight of my weekend though.... EILAT!!! snorkeling in the red sea.
yes, i'm legit ;)
in short, we get to go back in time to experience biblical life.
including herding animals with absolutely no brains... stupid animals... i don't know how david did it.
making zatar from hyssop... no mom, it's not drugs.
and making our very own pitas and lentil soup!! as i can't go to mccall this year, this outdoor experience helped quench my thirst for camping!
not quite sure what the ropes course had to do with the biblical theme...but it was fun anyway! especially to see j rowdy tear it up! best. prof. ever.
the night was made complete by a triple date with karen and the pinto bean
a light festival in the old city....lights everywhere!
life is good.
“Somebody ought to tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit every minute of every day. Do it, I say, whatever you want to do, do it now.”
Michael Landon
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