Exploring the Old City

Not far from the Third Station we stepped into the courtyard of an Armenian church to get a brief lesson in the origins of Christianity.

	Notice the grape vine climbing up to the patio more than two stories high.
	Further along the way on the Via Dolorosa life goes on.

Into the Jewish Quarter and there, in the Cardo, the ancient Roman commercial spine of the city.

Avigail and Noam pose beside a Roman column.

	The proprietor of the Blue and White gallery, source of everything Agamish (and an talented artist in his own right), offered us a delicious coffee as we explored and appreciated the work he had available.
	Across the way Carmela sells beautiful silver ceremonial art made (primarily) by her husband. He is one of the few remaining artisans who do work in silver filigree. [Avigail appears in a mirror on the shelf.]

Acknowledgments:

Nisus Software Inc. of Solana Beach, CA for making a PowerBook 520 available and Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego, CA for making an Olympus D-300L digital camera available.
Joe and Dave of Computergeeks for space on their server.
Lila Abrams of Abrams Travel, Inc. (1-800-338-7075) and her tireless efforts to make this trip a success.