Hotel Arcadia Jerusalem
57 Jaffa Street Jerusalem, 91999, Israel
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Journey to Jerusalem
... to Jerusalem. This is only a 50 minute drive. I had no idea they were so close.After checking in at our hotel, Prima Royal, we set off to explore. Walked up to the Old City and plunged onto the labyrinth of small streets lined with shops offering all kinds of souvenirs. Having walked around for an hour or two we got rather lost but eventually headed back to the Jaffa gate. Near there we found a great restaurant, Rossini's which ...
Camel anyone?
... Southern Steps of the Temple. This is a moving location (and was my dad's favorite), because these are the original steps dating to Jesus time. Since we know Jesus visited the temple, and since we can see the entrances (now sealed), we can know that he walked on these specific stones... and there are very few other places we know for certain that he walked specifically. So again, this is a very moving area, ...
Jerusalem -- Day 2
... wall.
Station #3 was in a grotto.
Station #4 there was a church near it.
Station #5 there was a indentation on the wall where Jesus leaned for support.
Station #6 by a door
Station #7 we couldn’t locate
Station #8 was on a red door
The rest of the Stations were located in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
We returned back ...
Going back to kibbutz
... ideals (both for the country and its people) that never quite made the transition to independence. It died when it left the incubator.
We have been walking around the kibbutz a lot, running into a lot of people I know. I've found that 14 years of ageing did little in my view to those that were already older than me. Perhaps its because the 30s to 60s phase of life is least physically altering part of life. The hair that stays in place and is allowed to ...
The City of David and Hezekiah's Tunnel
... remains of David's Palace. We also visited the Shiloah (Siloam) Pool. Excavators believe that pilgrims used this pool as a ritual bath to purify themselves before ascending to the Temple. Excavators also discovered a stepped street underground that was likely the road in which pilgrims took to ascend to the Temple. We were able to walk along this road, but the paving stones of the road ended part way up, and ...



