This past Thursday I went to Jerusalem with our younger daughter.  We had a great time together.  We had not been there together for a long time.

Pictured above is the “Chords Bridge.”  It was completed in 2008.  This carries 2 tracks of the Jerusalem Light Rail and also has a sidewalk for pedestrians.  It cost about $70 million to build.  This caused controversy because it was a very expensive solution to a traffic problem and most people felt it could be solved in a much less-expensive way.

We also met with long-time friends who also live in Israel now.  She and her extended family have been very dear to us for many, many years.  The bottom-right photo is from a bagel shop in the German Colony that we visited to get some yummy bagels to go.

Shavuah Tov!