Day 4

Started out the day with a run. I went with a few girls and we ran up around the Hebrew University next door. Came back, breakfast, then out into the City for the day!
We started out by doing the "Rampart Walk." It's really cool, you can climb up to the ramparts of the wall that goes all the way around the city and follow it from one end to the other. It gives some amazing views of all of the different angles from the wall, and we found some cool niches and stairways to explore. It's amazing just how old Jerusalem is, how many years of history are in that wall. It has been destroyed and built back up so many times. We even passed some guys who were repairing part of the wall.
After that, I went with 5 other people to the YMCA. Brother Whipple, half of one of the service couples here, plays the carillon bells in the tower every Sunday, and we got to go up and see the bell tower and the view from the top. Then he played some songs. He is an amazing musician, one of the best organ players in the world. Then he let me play the bells!!! I played Abide With Me, 2 times through, on bells that everyone in Jerusalem can hear. It was an amazing experience. Those piano lessons finally paid off! We met these ladies who are execs in the YMCA organization, and they said that the Jerusalem YMCA is the most astounding of all YMCA buildings in the world by far. They call it a sermon in stone, because there are so many inspiring quotes and incredible reliefs and stuff from Christianity but also from other religions too. It was really a neat place to see.
After the bells we went to a sweet hotel and saw autographs printed on the tiles from famous people who had been there, including Yoko Ono, Barack Obama, Candace Bergen, the Dalai Lama, and the Black Eyed Peas.
We saw Herod's tomb, which is actually where his family was buried, not him.
We walked through the city some more and exchanged our money, so I finally have shekels! I feel so legit.
It seems so crazy that it has only been here 4 days because it feels like we have already done and seen so much, and I can't wait to keep seeing more! Everything is new and exciting and every day is so fun.