More Photos from the Old City...

Just got back from our official tour to the Old City (which was my third trip overall).  While it is an amazing place, at times the city feels like it has a permanent facade.  There is a bit of smoke and mirrors quality to this place.  What you see is not what you get in Jerusalem...

Some of my favorite photos from the tour are of the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosques

After the tour, some friends and I stayed in the Old City until almost midnight walking around and enjoying the festival (there was a festival of lights in Jerusalem this week which we just found out about!).  Some of the churches were lit with complex geometric light patterns...

More posts to come...maybe a post on something economics related (given that I am here to attend an economics conference!)