The Herodion.

Today we went to the Herodion the place where Herod the Great was buried.
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They have a little shop near the parking lot, where they sell grossly overpriced souvenirs. They did have nice air-conditioning, though. We walked through the shop and took the right path leading up the hill, at the top of the hill, there it was!

But first, have you guys been to Stars and Bucks? That's right!

Anyway, the Herodion. This is actually only the place on top of the hill, there was

a lot of stuff in the valley below. 

Those are real ruins! Yay!

This pillar is older than your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, and then some. It's probable this pillar is even older than your family line. In other words, that pillar is OLD. And guess what? It still holds my weight! ;)

After meandering around the place for a while longer, we mosied on down to the tunnels, which were pretty cool. On our way there, wee had a great view of the ruins in the valley. The tunnels were pretty small, but they connected the top of the hill to the side. Sneaky...

Dun dun dun! Scary entrance that you can see goes three feet...

After the tunnels, we went to see Herod's grave, which was very lame. 

After we were done with the Herodion, we tried to find some fresh cheese, but we ended up driving around a very poor community, where we met some really friendly kids, who lived with a hundred and two sheep in their back yard. Then we drive home. :-)