Hi everyone; here is our first attempt at doing a blog. Above is the apartment we are staying at. We rented a cute little Chevy Sprint, and our GPS is invaluable for the curvy and hilly streets of Jerusalem

On our first day we went to a service at Christ Church and had coffee on their beautiful patio with the pastor David Pileggi.He remembered all of you from 2005 and gave us some good suggestions about things to do. We also met a couple who had been on our trip to Poland in 2008.They are now working at the Garden Tomb and invited us for dinner last night.

On Monday we met Ruth Fazal and had dinner out on Hillel St and heard all about her CD and her love of living in Israel.

We took a walk on the rampart on top of the wall and ended up in the Arab quarter then walked back through the Via Dolorsa where Jesus was supposed to have walked on the way to the crucifixion.

I have had 2 Hebrew calesses so far and they are going well,except I accidently left my books somewhere yesterday and need to find them to do my homework!!!!

We are trying to find a bance between running around and being quiet and reflective. We had some time to do that yesterday in the Garden Tomb.