The sun rise was beautiful from our 15th floor room at the hotel. Since we knew there was some political unrest, I thought maybe I was a little insane for being in Jerusalem so high up. Thankfully we didn't have time to feel unsafe on this day. The Mt of Olives certainly wasn't as I pictured it. It is full of the graves of the people who wanted to be buried as close to the city as possible. The eastern gate of the city is closed over. At the foot of the Mt of Olives is the Garden of Gethsemane. There are trees there that could be 2000 years old. It is very peaceful despite being by a busy highway and having a church built beside it.
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