Travel Blogs from Jerusalem, Israel

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Back in Jerusalem with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Back in Jerusalem with Obi-Wan Kenobi

A travel blog entry by oughtness

Back in Jerusalem. This has to be a quick update because the 'net cafe I'm in is closing soon. Tonight, since getting into Jerusalem at 8pm, we got beds at a hostel for 25 NIS each (around $5), ran into Ewan McGregor in the Old City, met up with my ...

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Jerusalem

A travel blog entry by d-nomad

... Shoa) Memorial Museum 2. Davidson Archaeological Museum - Excavation site of the Old City 3. Kotel - Wailing Wall 4. Ben Yehuda Street Jerusalem is an amazing city!  It is the only place in the world where believers in Judaism, Christianity, ...

Success!, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Success!

A travel blog entry by njl145

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... the way back. I am laying low for the rest of the afternoon because President Bush is in town and its a mess to try and get anywhere in Jerusalem today. Shalom to all my faithful readers, I miss you all and I hope someone comments on my blog...:) ...

Swimming, Ein Gev, Israel travel blog

Swimming

A travel blog entry by bigdriver222

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... walked up to the cliffs which had at one time been a monument to Pan. We then drove to the northern most border of Israel, near Syria and Lebanon. From our vantage point we could look out over the UN controlled zone in Jordan and Lebanon. On our ...

On The Road Again, Beer-Sheva, Israel travel blog

On The Road Again

A travel blog entry by bigdriver222

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... ...read on...there are four parts.... 5/22 - Beer-Sheva Up early again to catch the bus at 7am. We descended out of Jerusalem to the Judean Hills past the city of Eshatol where Sampson was buried to Zorah. Judges 13 tells the story of Sampson's life ...

Day of Song and Prayer, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Day of Song and Prayer

A travel blog entry by babamissesyou

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... our voices together in that small space. From there we went to a Jewish cemetery, from where we could see the walled city of Jerusalem, and Iyat gave us the lay of the land.  There were some cool things about the cemetery itself, including the stones ...

JERUSALEM!!!!!!!!!, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

JERUSALEM!!!!!!!!!

A travel blog entry by kduntley

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... all kinds of stuff!!!! Hebron had something similar to this but it was really dirty, smelly, and there was just no one there. But Jerusalem is just SO COOL and I can't wait to get some time to just walk around and explore. Although these streets are long, ...

Walk with Christ, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Walk with Christ

A travel blog entry by ndsquirrel

... to die for our sins.  I did this by walking the Via Dolorosa "Way of Sorrow",  a winding path along Jerusalem's streets, which followed Jesus's route from Pilate's Judgment Hall to Golgotha.  Today, this will be a mainly solitary stroll; ...

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Jerusalem

A travel blog entry by pugsly2002

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This morning we left Amman to head for Jerusalem. After a long but relatively uneventful border crossing we made it to Jerusalem via the Allenby bridge and Palestine. We arrived mid-day and walked through the Damascus gate and found ourselves overwhelmed ...

1.23.07-1.24.07, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

1.23.07-1.24.07

A travel blog entry by jannelle.dawn

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1.23.07 It was dark when we got here so I didn't really see anything when we landed but on the bus to Jerusalem the sun came up & we could see better. It is so wonderful! So many many hills & green & then rocks galore. Everything is made of big white ...

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Jerusalem

A travel blog entry by arlash

Jersusalem ...

Yad Vashem and Shabbat, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Yad Vashem and Shabbat

A travel blog entry by chwingman

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Went to Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocast Museum. This a prety heavy duty. we have a great tour guide is able to bring a personal touch and ask us questions about how we might feel and act at the time. After lunch I trempt (hich hike) to the Old City. ...

Dear friends and family it has been a busy ..., Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Dear friends and family it has been a busy ...

A travel blog entry by jon_jaffe

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... town on the side of a mountain just around the bend from the Kinneret, or sea of Galilee. It is one of Israel 4 holy cities (Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias or the others). In the late middle ages, a group of Sephardic Jews moved there and began a ...

Radom Thoughts and Mojo, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Radom Thoughts and Mojo

A travel blog entry by chwingman

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... / BlackBerry, which meant I was in touch. By-the-way much better signal, almost all bars all the time with T-mobile partners in Israel. This also meant that I was able to follow work and chime in with the occasional comment or two. Time to go off-grid for ...

Mugged in the Holy Land, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Mugged in the Holy Land

A travel blog entry by debde-lish

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... from an internet cafe in the market of the Old City in Jerusalem, and before I say anything else, I just have to mention that Jerusalem is everything I hoped it would be and more. This morning I awoke to the sound of the Muslim call to prayer, rolled ...

Jerusalem Journal, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Jerusalem Journal

A travel blog entry by aarondewitt

... pushed out of jerusalem.  the orthodox presence doesn't make me uncomfortable, only its prevalence. what i love about jerusalem (besides its historical aspects) is its diversity.  secular, religious, arab, jewish (especially that there are ...

Sharing the Pot, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Sharing the Pot

A travel blog entry by babamissesyou

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... the Jordan River we drove into Bethlehem for lunch, and then some shopping at the olive wood shop.  From there we went to Jerusalem.  Oh my gosh, I still can't believe it!  I turned to my cousin and said, "we are in Jerusalem!"  It's ...

Last day in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Last day in Jerusalem

A travel blog entry by kaisersnuggle

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... wall and the Temple Mount.  Apparently Jews are not to go to the Temple Mount because it is too holy, according to the Jerusalem rabbis.  On the temple mount are two mosques, the Dome of The Rock where Abraham is said to have offered Isaac, and ...

Happy Lag B'Omer!  Notes from Israel, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Happy Lag B'Omer! Notes from Israel

A travel blog entry by jon_jaffe

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... , so will have the strange experience of watching all of my friends leave, yet the pleasure of getting to further explore Israel without the hindrance of classes or homework. Meanwhile, yesterday witnessed the 5th terrorist attack in a span of 48 hours, ...

Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Old City

A travel blog entry by abarnes

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... of us took a van to Ben Yahuda Street where we walked in and out of shops, listened to a guy playing a harp for money, and took in a bit of night life in this small, busy area of Jerusalem.      ...

Dear everyone checking in from my room in ..., Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Dear everyone checking in from my room in ...

A travel blog entry by jon_jaffe

... through puberty or is already in menopause. Im not sure where that leaves me... Security-wise, its been a tense week here in Jerusalem. Due to several facts, we have all been on high alert. The reasons are: 1. With the Iraq story taking the lead ...

E1-settler outpost, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territory travel blog

E1-settler outpost

A travel blog entry by flatstanley

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Aunt Jen said it was high time for my political education to begin. She and a journalist friend of hers took me to a place that has recently been the center of controversy called "E1". E1 is near the settlement of Maale Adumim and the settlers there are ...

2.3.07 - 2.7.07, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

2.3.07 - 2.7.07

A travel blog entry by jannelle.dawn

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... Perfect, God was definitely there. All the worship was in Hebrew so I was praying during it. I was praying for God to "save Israel". I don't speak or read Hebrew AT ALL but right after I prayed that I looked up at the screen, & the translation of what ...

Day 2 - Jerusalem by day, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Day 2 - Jerusalem by day

A travel blog entry by wenzels

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... picture of in the doorway of his dwelling 7 years ago.   There are other relevant Christian structures in and around Jerusalem: The Church of  the Redeemer (German Protestant "Erloeserkirche") is certainly one of them. Many go there just to ...

Sleeping in and Live jazz music, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Sleeping in and Live jazz music

A travel blog entry by njl145

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So...today, we slept in till 4pm or so...then when i woke up and woke up my dad, we got ready for shabbat and then after lighting the candles, saying the various blessings over wine and bread, had a lovely meal of salmon, potatoes, pita, chummas, nuts, ...

od yeru, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

od yeru

A travel blog entry by aarondewitt

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... ll post the website).  the tour was really excellent and very important to do, because it's essentially a seperate city from west jerusalem.  if you get a map of 'jerusalem'  it'll be mostly west jerusalem.  i won't go over everything ...

back to the is, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

back to the is

A travel blog entry by aarondewitt

now i'm back in israel, and i have to move out of my place in jerusalem.  the flight was uneventful.  while waiting in the airport i walked in the wrong direction on a moving sidewalk and some airport people on the otherside of a glass wall ...

North to South, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

North to South

A travel blog entry by smof

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... sleep though. we caught a train (after a police man gave us a ride to the train station) to Tel Aviv and from there to Jerusalem. So tonight we are back in the Citadel Youth Hostel. Tommorrow we are hoping to get to Eilat via Massada (it may not be ...

Holy land, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

Holy land

A travel blog entry by fatkidfrogs

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... have checked it out the day prior! Smoothies, fresh bread, pesto, salad and shakshuka...divine -got a bus to Jerusalem Jerusalem -Israel Museum, Mahane Yehuda Mkt -fun New Europe tour of Old Jerusalem, rooftops and general neighborhoods -Holy City tour ...

What an Interesting, Crazy and Glorious Day, Jerusalem, Israel travel blog

What an Interesting, Crazy and Glorious Day

A travel blog entry by dblegldave

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... Nativity, and didn't want to fight the crowds in the evening, we asked him for a suggestion for church services for the evening in Jerusalem. He said, "You know, we're having services at 10:00 pm in Bethlehem at The Shepard's Field, if you'd like to join ...

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