Four Points Paradise Jerusalem

... and do journal at around 6:30 a.m. and everyone else got up at some point between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. Our goals for the day were limited, and we managed to achieve them. First, we drove to the Ben Yehuda Street area for some last minute shopping and, in particular, for the boys to spend their hard earned 60 Shekels. Ben Yehuda is a street that was converted to an outdoor pedestrian mall a few decades back, and is the somewhat faded shopping and dining hub of Jerusalem - a victim, I think ...

... with signs saying “Shabbat Mechallaleyha Mot Yumat” – Death to those who desecrate Shabbat. But thankfully my running through Bayit Vegan and later Har Nof did not sufficiently offend anyone to result in my Mot Yumat. Though I was definitely uncomfortable. In between I ran through Ya’ar Yerushalayim and then after through the pouring ran in Givat Shaul – formally Dier Yassin. Then back home through Kiryat ...

... here throughout. Having arrived on the same day, led Team Rainbow together in the summer camp and slept in neighbouring beds for 6 weeks, I feel a strong connection to and a huge fondness for her. She is an amazing woman, the epitome of a multi-cultural spirit! She grew up in Japan, but has Korean nationality, she was once married to a French man who she met in India but now she professionally dances Spanish flamenco in Israel while volunteering in Palestine. She is the kind of ...

... and very far from the hospital. I still have no idea where I was but I managed so who cares?<br><br>I came in, expecting to only be there for 45 minutes because the visiting hours were limited but no one threw me out so I hung out with her, the new baby and her mom.<br>The baby, Tamar is her name, is very cute. A little person with a full head of hair and a real face.<br>Unlike other babies that look like little aliens when they come out, Tamar was cute as can be.<br>Efrat told me when ...

I had a really nice walk in the evening seeing some more of the sights with Olia and that was about it while I was back this time. I had a dull day where I had no motivation to go out. But I did manage it and it was very rewarding. I bought some dinner for the 3 of us and some new flip flops eventually after looking for a long time and then I saw Michelle! From Amman. So that was really good, we met up for a coffee and then we aranged to ...

... in the hot sulphur spring-fed spa pools, and concluded with a swim in the olympic-sized pool also on-site. All in all, not a bad way to spend the day.<br><br>Back in our room, after freshening up, we headed to the Kibbutz dining room, where we enjoyed a huge buffet of good home cooked comfort foods, in the finest Israeli tradition. Nobody ever leaves an Israeli meal hungry! We walked in the cool evening air, and planned our next day, which was to be a full one.<br><br>We ...

... the city where I lived for a year in my youth. <br><br>Onward, off the Temple Mount, through the "Cotton Market," one of dozens of covered and open-air streets that form the Arab shuk (market), full of souvenirs, clothes, food, shoes, etc. A left turn took us to the Jewish Quarter, modern and restored since Israel conquered the city in 1967, the Jordanians having destroyed it from 1949 until then. We took in a complex of small synagogues, also restored; the Cardo, a road ...

... would not be praying up there, as the Moslems don't allow it. But we were able to discreetly walk around and get a sense of where Herod's temple was in Jesus' day and how the different elements of the structure related. We discussed how the Temple functioned, from changing money to performing sacrifices to learning the Torah. We were able to stand and touch some parts of Herod's structure that are still there. We went down from there, right as ...

... clothed bodies and turning into my mum by thinking " look at em just making washing". Exploring the old city of Jerusalem was great despite feeling rough as arseholes and Adrian nearly breaking his neck 3 times in his **** flip flops. We stumbled upon the place where the virgin Mary was born and went down to her bedroom etc forcing a 'facking long time since iv been in a virgins bedroom' from Adrian in his strong Ozzy accent. we also watched a fat chinaman carry a ...

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