Walk Upon England’s Mountain Green – Pt 1

Number one…I’ve yet to see an English mountain and number two this has nothing to do with England and everything to do with Jerusalem.  As in Israel.  During our trip to shoot Emma and Effi’s Tel Aviv wedding Nicola and I took a day to travel out to Jerusalem to see the Holy City.  In some ways its like nothing you’ve seen before.  So much history and meaning.  Walking in places that, until then, were only the places talked about to you.  To see them in the flesh is breathaking.  Of course they are literally thousands of visitors to the Old City.  Jews, Christians, Catholics, Orthodox (Greek, Russian, Armenian) and probably a few Atheists in there as well.  So in other ways it feels like a full blown tourist attraction.  No sign of mouse ears or blokes dressed up in character suits thankfully.  We did a blitz tour.  3 1/2 hours, just us and a tour guide.  We went with the expectation of taking the free tour and ended up on a private tour burning through £70.  The odds are it was totally worth it.  That’s what I keep telling myself.   He knew his stuff, spoke 5 languages (even American) and knew when enough was enough.

I’ve never been a travel photographer.  But here are a few things (more later in the week) that I captured.

The Wailing Wall (or Western Wall)

The structure bottom right is Jesus’ tomb where he was laid after being crucified.  I couldn’t understand this as I was always taught that he was placed in a tomb, a rock rolled in front.  This tomb was in the side of hill or rock face.  It was explained to me by the guide that Jerusalem has been destroyed several times and each time things were built on top of other things.  Hence the placement.

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