Sunday, October 13, 2013

Picture Over-Load

Tel Aviv






My best picture of Tel Aviv

Sunset at Tel Aviv


Negev Bedouin lady making a rug

Goat yarn


the Negev


Tell Arad







Me and Emily



Replica of Horned alter, I saw the real one at the Israel Museum


For Sukkot

Live Long and Prosper



Jewish Quarter of the Old City

Herod Exibit at the Israel Museum

Shrine of the Book, Dead Sea Scrolls location


This is the place that Garth Plinton from Tennis was held captive in the seventh (I think) book


Jerusalem Flag


Ruins at the Tower of David Museum

Wacking of the Willows at the Western Wall

Western Wall



Jewish man praying

Squashed in the elevator

The YMCA tower bells

Me and Joey playing the Carrilon bells in the YMCA Tower



Emily and I playing


The bells we played for all of Jerusalem to hear!


Lavish



Israel Flag

A piece of pottery I found on the site

Old place for doves 

Early olive press

Bell Caves



Down in that valley is where David killed Goliath


So we used sling shots. I am pretty good :)


Samson's hometown


Arab Night with my friends, Emily, Jane, and Linds

Arab Night food


Kristen and me with one of our nursery girls, Tabbi on Arab night

We flew on Pegasus to Turkey

Ayasofya ceiling


Ayasofya

Ayasofya



Still Ayasofya

In the Ayasofya, legend has it that if you can put your thumb in a
circle all the way around, you will have good luck

Still Ayasofya

Blue Mosque

Archelogist Museum

Me and the boys....

and more boys......

....and even more boys.





Another picture of the Blue Mosque

PIGEONS!

Burger King is even in Turkey


Blue Mosque in the back ground

Monument at the Hippodrome

Entrance of the Blue Mosque


As you can tell I LOVED the Blue Mosque

Inside the Blue Mosque


Ayasofya

Blue Mosque :)

Linds and Me

Sorry, but Blue Mosque again

Topkapi Palace

View of the Bosporus


Basilica Cistern


Head of Medusa

The Entrance to the Grand Bazaar

Our private boat

Turkish flag


Me and Caralee

Palace















Gallipoli 


Troy



Sunset at the Aegan Sea 


Jane, Linds, and Me

Assos

View from Assos


Small vendor in Assos

I bought a spoon from this lady because she
was so cute!! I couldn't get her to smile for a picture,
but she kept smiling when I would talk to her. 

Pergamom


temple ruins



Emily and I 

Ruins at Pergamom


Linds, Emily, Me, Jane, and Lee


the cable car

St. Jean's Church

Remains of the temple of Demetris

The next few pictures are all from Ephesus

Water pipe remains!


Toliets

The Library

Me and my new Turkiye shirt 


Jane, Angie, Caralee and I withe ugly hats

Miletus


Burt and Ernie


For Narnia and for Aslan. Don't worry these aren't really antiques.
The real ones are in a museum.


Miletus Theater remains

Sardis, Temple of Artemis

Temple of Artemis

Gymnasium in Sardis

Me, Linds, and Emily

This is our "Why are we here and what are we looking at" picture

Grand Mosque in Bursa


Hagi Sophia Mosque

Sunset at Nicea

Brooke, Jane, Emily, me, and Lindsay at Nicea 

McDonalds McBeefy dinner