Shimshon Inn
Travel Blogs from Jerusalem
The Religious Trail
... passport desk we kept telling ourselves we would have to ask that our passports were not stamped and a separate piece of paper stamped instead. This is because we were going onto the UAE after Israel and due to the political unrest most Islamic countries do not recognize Israel as a country so if anyone enters an Islamic country with an Israeli stamp they can be denied access - we obviously didnt want to take this chance BUT at the ...
A Long Time Comin'
... a annual restlessness in the land, apparently, because prices begin to rise and so do tempers because it has not rained here in like five months and people are more than ready for the reprieve to the land and the people. To put all your worries aside I am completely safe where I am.
Now onto the really interesting things. This may come as a shock to many of you but I am questioning Scripture! Not questioning is what Scripture says is true but ...
Do this in remembrance of me
... Jews there praying and singing and chanting Then we went to the room of the last supper of Jesus and his disciples. It probably wasn't the actual room but it was still neat. Then we had leftover food at hotel and packed and watched Olympics. Went to bed early for 345 am wake up call for taxi to airport. Good ...
Ups, I did it again
... al igual que en China donde tuvo que viajar cientos de kilómetros para recuperarla, se traspapeló la mochila de Nacho tras una guardada colectiva. De casualidad le saqué una foto a la matrícula de la camioneta cuando se alejaba porque pensé que podría servir si perdíais algo. Esperemos recuperarla en algún momento a partir de ese dato con ña información que tiene la policía, pero difícil. Y ahora el comentario ...
Holy of Holies
... to be the Holiest spot for Jews.
According to tradition, this is the spot from which the world was created, where the tablets of the covenant written by God on Mount Sinai were kept, and the place where prayers are gathered and from where they rise to heaven (see photo for more).
The final full day held another of my highlights, our visit to a Susan's House. Susan's House takes ...