חיפה והגנים הבהאיים

This past Friday and Saturday I went to Haifa with a classmate. We left Good Friday afternoon (since all the services were in the morning) and then we returned Saturday night.

The Title of this post is "Haifa and The Baha'i Gardes." 

Here are the picture that were taken those two days. We also went to Salvador Dali exhibit, where about 500 works (most original, but a few replicas) were on display. It was awesome. It was only $22 to see the exhibit too, so it wasn't too bad. 

This is picture of The Baha'i Gardens, taken on Ben Gurion Ave. There are also a lot of restaurants along this street. We ate at one of them for dinner. It was very delicious. 

This is of a fountain at the lowest point of The Baha'i Gardens. It is open later, so we were able to walk around just the first terrace and see things. I messed with the shutter speed, so the water looks more silky.

Here is a cascading fountain that run downs just the first terrace. I also messed with the shutter speed to give the water some really great detail. 

The whole fountain on the bottom of the first terrace.

Messing with the shutter speed of the cascading fountain. 

A rather ornate light in gardens. These types of lights were everywhere in the gardens.

A close up of one of the sections of the cascading fountain. I also was playing with the shutter speed. 

The Shrine of the Báb. Despite the open gates, you are not allowed to walk on these sections. At least during the time we were there. You have to enter at a different level to go to the shrine. 

A picture of the shrine through that gate that held us back. 

Looking down from the top of the first terrace. You can all the symmetry. 

An eagle statue at the gardens. 

A lamppost. These is on the first terrace. They are much more ornate around the shrine area.

Looking up the stairs of the first terrace. 

Another view of the fountain. 

After dinner it was clearly dark. Now the gardens are all lit up and it looks very awesome. 

The lampposts near the shrine. Notice how much more ornate they are. 

Just a sliver of the stairs we had to climb to get to the same level as the shrine. Since we aren't allowed to climb up from the bottom, you have to take a route that is about a block away from the actual gardens. 

An ornate fence near the shrine. 

So this was as close as to looking down from the level that I was at. It is much smaller than before. 

A golden eagle near the shrine.

The Shrine of the Báb. Sorry, no photography allowed in the shrine. 

Looking up at the shrine.

A golden bird holding a light.

A cool light that provided some sweet symmetry.

Looking out over two fountains. I wish I could've walked to that gate a taken a picture looking down.

One of the four doors that lead into the shrine. There was a door on each side that all empty into four separate chambers on the inside. However, all the chambers all face that same inner shrine, just from a different perspective.

So roads go under the gardens. Even underground the gardens stairs are constructed and symmetry is achieved. 

Zoomed in one The Shrine of The Báb. 

So things got a little out of order, but this is as far zoomed out as I can get. You can see the symmetry. The only thing that we noticed that isn't symmetrical is the tree in front of the shrine. We figured it is to allow photos to be taken. 

Here is the beach that we made it to after we were done at the gardens. 

Seeing the sunset from inside the bus back to Jerusalem. Can't say it was a very magical moment, but it was still a cool sight. 

Okay, so this photo is supposed to be between the other two, but oh well. So symmetrical except for that dang tree.