Ok, day 5 continued. Our first stop was a shopping adventure in Bethlehem. We bought lots of things to bring home and give to friends. Lots of the things we bought were made from Olive trees. Lauren and I got to go downstairs and see them actually cutting and carving things out of the olive wood. It was very cool. This picture here is the stacks of olive wood outside the shop.
This church is located near the Shepherd's Field, where the good news was first heard.
This is Lauren and I just having fun and enjoying the sites.
This is a cave like church which was pretty cool that was still near the Shepherd's Field. They had these neat lighted stars carved into the cave ceiling so the next picture is of me reaching for the stars! :o)
These next pictures are of excavations being made near the Shepherd's Field of a Byzantine Church.
Here's Lauren and I hanging out on some of the remnants. We never pass up a picture moment!
And here we are exploring the caves that were there.
I thought this was interesting. How often do you pass a guy playing a home made guitar type thing with his foot?!
I thought at first that it was kind of weird that they still had Christmas decorations up, but then I remembered that they had only celebrated Christmas a few weeks before we got there.
This is the Church of the Nativity. It is the world's oldest functioning church. The site of the manger is said to be in a cave below.
The door is extra small so as to force a bow before entering.
And here is the site of the manger, the birthplace of Jesus. Isn't it fancy looking.
Here I am touching the site of Jesus' birth.
This is just another picture of the church itself.
I have now officially finished day 5. Tons and tons of pictures were taken this day so that's why I had to make two entries out of it. Day 6 will be coming soon. It was a free day so I have some random pictures of the market place I visited and such.
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