The Rain was pouring down s we started the day. The first tour of the day was The Old City. We congregated on a platform that directly over David's palace. We walked up and down many, many stairs, on our way down to the Gihon Spring. We made it to the bottom, peeked at and heard the spring, then walked out through a Canaanite tunnel.
Hezekiah had a tunnel built so they would have access to water within the city walls. The people digging the tunnel started t opposite ends and yet were able to meet in the middle. Some think that they may have been guided by sound; people pounding on the ground above.
We entered the Old City at the Joppa Gate and had lunch on the Armenian Quarter of the Old City. All restaurants so far have served our food family style with lots of vegetables, pita bread, humus, and chicken or beef. After lunch we walked through the shops in the city taking us out the Damascus Gate, which is on the north side of the temple wall.
In the after noon we went to the Garden Tomb. This is the traditional sight for the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. The garden is extremely beautiful. We were taught that the garden may have actually been a grape vineyard. The communion service in one of the small chapels there was so meaningful and beautiful!
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