Saturday May 10, 2008 - Off to the Mount of Olives

Today I journeyed to the Mount of Olives. So I headed through the Old City and stopped at the Armenian Quarters and had a bite to eat. It was a beautiful day, not too hot and lots of sunshine, just how I like it. This restaurant had a great outdoor patio.


My first stop was at the City of David. In 1867 the British explorer Captain Charles Warren discovered an ancient underground water tunnel just outside the walls of the old city and just 500 feet from the Western Wall. Upon recognizing this to be remarkably similar to the underground water tunnel or "gutter" described in the Bible (2nd Book of Samuel Ch. 5) as used by King David's forces in the capture of Jerusalem, Captain Warren began archeological excavations that would later confirm that he had in fact just discovered "Biblical Jerusalem".


This picture doesn't do justice to what's inside, and I didn't spend too much time here but check out the website at www.cityofdavid.org, it has a really cool virtual, panoramic tour of what's inside.
I exited the City of David and walked outside along the Old City Wall, and this is Jerusalem facing directly south of the Wall.
And this is facing East toward the Mount of Olives on the hill.