Mount of Olives

How had I never gone to the Mount of Olives? How had I never gone to the garden of Gethsemane?

I lived on the hilltop across from both of these places for a year and never thought of going over there. I am a bad tourist!

I have now, finally, visited these two places.

This is the view from the Mount of Olives looking down into the Old City. There is a graveyard on the hillside. It is believed that the Messiah will arrive on this hilltop and starting from there the dead will be raised back to life. So, those buried here expect to have a front row seat to that awesome event.

There are olive trees in the garden of Gethsemane that are supposed to be around 2000 years old. Jesus may have prayed amidst those trees behind me!