Once we finished lunch on campus, we headed through the markets to the Jewish Quarter. We happened to lose one group member along the way and sent someone back to find her.
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| This picture sums up the Old City. Four quarters, Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Armenian. |
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| We stopped to admire the Jerusalem Cardo ruins. This would have been the main street 1500 years ago. Built in the 2nd century by Hadrian (the Romans). |
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| This is in the jewish quarter. Israel has mandatory military service requirement for women (although these were certainly teenage girls). There were many groups like this in that same square (out of view here), and it reminded me of ROTC in a way. |
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| Wohl Museum |
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| Ritual Bath (Wohl Museum) |
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| Mosaic Floor (Wohl Museum) |
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| Wohl Museum. You can see a collection of vases in the background. |
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| Mansion of those times. (Wohl Museum) |
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| Ornate column (Wohl Museum) |
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| Roman architecture indicating a courtyard enclosed by a series of columns. (Wohl Museum) |
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