Remember Jericho Road?

It was a really great EFY band. Luckily we didn't listen to them today on our way to the real thing: Jericho. I guess it would be difficult to compare to the ruins we saw in Turkey, but these were a little less exciting than most we had seen. We had a security escort today because Jericho is controlled by the Palestinians. It was so interesting to see Palestinian guards and even flags, you never see them in Jerusalem, even East Jerusalem which is predominately Palestinian. We started by going to an outlook point in the Rift valley where you can see many monasteries are dug into caves. It was really cool, and also one of the lowest spots on Earth. Then, we went to one of Herod the Great's many winter palaces. There was not much left of it, but cool to see either way. We then headed to the archaeological site, or Tel, of ancient Jericho. There is a Neolithic era tower there that is the oldest tower ever to be constructed and it is also thought to be the site of the oldest true city in the world. Across the way, we went to Elijah springs, which was the water source of the ancient city. It was a pretty hot and sunny day, so I was really happy that this field trip only took up the morning.

Esta somos Camila y yo en frente del Palacio de Herodes. Me gusta ella mucho por que me ayuda con español y es muy chistoso. 

Look down and to the right. Yep, oldest tower in the world. Super exciting. 

This is my fabulous class checking out the spring at Jericho. 

I just couldn't help myself. We took a bathroom stop by the place that is traditionally believed that Jesus was tempted by Satan on the mountain. And, yep, there was a very cute gnome that I wanted to steal so I decided the next best things would be to take a picture.