Damascus (Shechem) Gate Jerusalem

Ha-Zanhanim Street, Jerusalem , Israel - Phone: 02/625-4403
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    Orientation

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    Today was all about getting us oriented. Started the morning with the workout at 6:15 "as promised", and I suppose it was good. My experience traveling so far says that if you can keep your body thinking it's in its groove while making sure your mind knows it isn't, things will go well. So as indicated by the attractions seen column, we saw a lot …

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    Day 27: Private walking tour of Jerusalem

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    ... differently, but bustling along in the same way as the Christian Quarter.  We exit down at the Roman Plaza at the Damascus Gate where there is a small museum.  The entrance attendant tells us our Holy Pass does not allow access, but I find the ...

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    The Muslim Jerusalem

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    ... conflict begins.  Daily I wandered through the souqs in search of good deals for our food.  Just outside the Damascus Gate there was a shop for fruit and vegetables that was convenient and gloriously inexpensive.  I also got Travis his ...

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    Tourists in a war zone

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    ... me. It was time to gather the troops for our second attempt to enter, passed the Israeli post, into occupied Bethlehem. At the Damascus gate, we jumped into a Cheroot ( a share taxi ) full of Palestinians. We still hadn't heard what had happened only ...

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    A Tale of Two Tombs

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    ... This second place, called the Garden Tomb (www. Gardentomb.com), is about a twenty-minute walk from the Holy Sepulchre through the Damascus Gate and up Nablus Road. Away from the noise and bustle of the Old City, it's a peaceful park surrounded by ...

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    Trip to Gaza

    ... , where we head off straight for the Old City, the place with the cheap Arab hostels and great views.We find the Damascus Gate draped in festive lights (something unusual) and we ask some Arabs selling shawarma at the entrance for an explanation.   ...

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    Hangin w/ the Pope

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    Our Jerusalem experience started the second we got out of the cab. We stayed in the old city, right by the Damascus Gate. It was really cool until we had to schlep our bags (I have the biggest/heaviest bag in the world) down several flights of stairs, ...

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    God's supermarket

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    ... with religious sites. As we lived in the Arab quarter, we entered the old city through the Flower and Damascus gate, two of the seven gates of Jerusalem. The Arab quarter was a lively place, with Falafel shops, halal butchers and plenty of people selling ...

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    Old City and the Western Wall

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    ... in hebrew into the wall. (this is a tradition). Then, we went through the Muslim Quarter and arab market to leave through the Damascus gate and find somewhere to eat lunch. But then i got really thirsty and tired because I had drunk all my water and ...

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    Why I travel alone...

    ... etc... They also spit when they talked, which I was unfortunate enough to experience. When we were dropped off at the Damascus Gate, I told them where I was going, a message of parting ways that they interpreted as an invitation. Wandering through the ...

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    Back in Jerusalem with Obi-Wan Kenobi

    ... crowd on Ben Yahuda street at 11:30pm and tackled her. I was tempted to do the same when I saw Ewan McGregor by the Damascus Gate, but I resisted the urge. Caitlin was excited enough to exclaim loudly that she just saw someone who "looks just like Ewan ...