02.20.00 We started this day by picking up Suzanne P2200005 who was looking at fancy Persian rugs P2200001 P2200002 while participating in the tea ritual P2200006 The rest of us didn't seem able to share her enthusiasm P2200003 P2200004 though we were happy to take the obligatory phone booth pictures P2200007 P2200008

We first drove to Modi'in. This is where the Maccabees are supposedly buried and there are also lots of sights here where trees have been planted by foreigners. But we stopped there to have lunch P2200009 P2200010 P2200011 P2200012 P2200013 Having had food and drink P2200014 we were ready to look for the graves. We found this monolith which mabye is the site of the graves P2200015 P2200016 but couldn't read the Hebrew P2200017 P2200018 to know what it was we were looking at.

Next we followed the signs to the Hasmonian Village P2200019 which was unfortunately closed P2200020 when we got to it.

So, we headed on to Jerusalem. Eventually we had dinner P2200021 in a pizza parlor in the Jewish Quarter. As we were leaving, we decided to see what the Western Wall P2200022 P2200024 P2200025 and Dome of the Rock P2200023 looked like in the dark.

On the way out of the Jewish Quarter, we took the obligtory phone booth picture P2200026 As we passed the citadel (tower of David) we noticed that it was opened for a night time exhbition and lighting. THe view of the Dome of The Rock was impressive even though the camera couldn't capture it P2200027