I just finished organizing the pictures from my family's visit. Now I can post some of them by Kait's, I mean, by Anonymous Comment's request. :)

Colin was leaving on Monday to spend some time with friends in Europe and so on Sunday, we drove up to Jerusalem to tour around. Because what's a trip to Israel without seeing Jerusalem?! Amazingly, I didn't get us lost, and we were able to find Darren's favorite parking spot - a tucked away parking lot by the Zion Gate and by Oscar Schindler's grave. I've never before been able to find the grave (and the guide book told us the wrong place to look) but this time we found it.

Our first stop was at Hezekiah's tunnel. I thought I could roll my pants up high enough to stay dry, but no such luck - all of us got wet. Annette kept turning around to snap pictures of Mom because the flash in so bright in the dark tunnel that you get a really funny, deer-in-the-headlights look. None of us escaped from the tunnel with very flattering pictures, but they were funny to look back at later. This one is funny but the other one isn't too bad. :)

After lunch, we went up to Al-Asqua Mosque and the Dome of the Rock from which we could see the Mt. of Olives and get a feel for the size of the Temple complex. From there we went down to the Wailing Wall and the Archaeological Park. Here's a picture of Annette, exploring through some of the underground rooms at the Park. It looks like she's being raptured or something! :)

We found our way through the Old City maze to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I love this picture Kait took of the nun praying. As we were waiting to go into the tomb, we got held up by a delegation from the UN who were visiting. A big, burly guard walked up as we were waiting to be next in line and said, "Wait here please" and so we did, watching all different nationalities of military men go in and look around. After they were done, the guard said, "Go ahead please," and so we did.

And, of course, we couldn't leave the Old City without doing some shopping and bartering so we walked and shopped til we dropped, and then it was time to go home. I had found this restaurant in Hertzliyya that is right on the beach, and I really wanted to take my family to it. We missed the sunset over the Mediterranean, but dinner was great anyway.