Caesar Premier Jerusalem

Travel Blogs from Jerusalem

Jerusalem

A travel blog entry by lucyshephard

After the Worlds had finished, we drove to Jerusalem which was about a 2 hour drive from Haifa. When we got there we were still pretty tired from the worlds, so we just relaxed in the hotel and swam in the pool. The next day we got up early and went sight-seeing around the old city of Jerusalem. I have never seen so many Jewish men in big black …

Former Rains

A travel blog entry by erincastillo

The former rains in Israel are here! I showed someone around downtown and the open market today, and we got caught in a downpour for hours with no umbrellas. It was cold and wet but quite an adventure. Then, we had another evening of food and fellowship in the City of ...

Origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls

A travel blog entry by c.i.222

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You can view the digital Dead Sea Scrolls with some explanations here;
http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/

NOTE: The Dead Sea is 1,312 feet below sea level.

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From Past to Present

A travel blog entry by wanderingnomad-

... chambers and the hollowed out car frames were the bodies were piled on to for disposal. I heard a man recount a story on an old film of when he was thirteen and his entire village was driven to what they thought would be a forced labour camp - only to be find themselves trapped in a van with gas coming through the exhaust. All the people in the van perished and this 13 year old boy was forced by the Nazi's to sort through the bodies and pull out all the gold teeth and seperate the ...