Prima Royal Hotel Jerusalem

... me he heard an explosion, which was presumably the firebombing in the second round of rioting.<br><br>Makes me wonder if this will make the border crossing into Jordan today more of a pain?<br><br>Which in turn makes me wonder if I should hurry the hell up and get started on that since my flight is tonight at 9pm?<br>-Dave<br>

... 8220;the goat&#8221;)<br><br>Back in Jerusalem, we showered the Ein Gedi mud off the boys and ourselves. And chilled out a bit before the evening Rockami concert at Kraft Stadium at the northern most end of Sacher Park. The concert featured an array of bands that were billed as religious rockers and scheduled to run from 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. With each band performing for a half hour with a short break between sets to set up for the next. We arrived at 6:30 p.m. and ...

... worship, all competing for a piece of prime real estate. <br>The layout of the old city is a maze of narrow cobbled streets divided into Christian, Jewish, Armenian and Muslim quarters. <br><br>Our first full day in Jerusalem we took a tour of the old city. The first stop of the day was the historically miss named Tower of David, the ancient citadel located near Jaffa gate. <br><br>Next stop the most contested religious sight in the world, Temple ...

Once we got to Bethlehem, we could sit back and not spend any more money. My friend's father has a money changing shop in Bab-Ez-Kak, a famous intersection in Bethlehem, just down from where the Israelis blocked the Jerusalem road with a hideous wall. We stayed there for a few days and got a taste of what things were like from the persepective of a Palestinian. Our last to days were in a hotel, lest we wear out ...

... to come in. We said thanks but no and he said &#8220;No, really I mean it.&#8221; Maybe we should have but we didn&#8217;t. We found our Kotel balcony. We were there by ourselves and then little by little more people joined us. Finally a whole group of Jewish teens from the states joined us. About 40! The group prayed, lit a shabot candle, and sang&#8230;really off key. The whole thing was amazingly not very spiritual but more like the ...

... matter how little you believe, it is hard to see a group of fifty Spaniards sing silent night in the chapel of the manger, kissing the spot where Christ was born, or watch an Armenian nun dissolve into tears while kissing Christ&#8217;s tomb, and not feel there must be something to it. There is a famous syndrome, cited a lot around here, called Jerusalem Syndrome. Those who are afflicted are so overcome with the power of their surroundings that they ...

... touching the wall while wearing the IDF uniform felt special.<br><br>One of the most memorable moments of this entire program came on our last night in Jerusalem when the commanders again led us to the Western Wall. This time, we could tell something was going to happen by the way the commanders were organizing us and keeping us in perfect formation. Upon entering the plaza, they told us to stand in our customary chet (essentially, a rectangle missing one long side), boys on the ...

... are not under jurisdiction of Israeli law until they turn 13) to throw rocks, water, and even acid onto the Palestinians below. This has forced the Palestinians to put up fencing over the top of the market place to, at the very least, shield them from the (often very big) rocks that are thrown at them. <br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br>The settlers have also created Israeli-only roads and sidewalks in the town. So, if an Arab<br ...

... of the ocean. I made my dad carry me all the way to the shuttle because i couldn't walk on my feet. at the spa there was a chlorine pool me and isaac went and jumped right into it, it felt soooooooooooo good! That night we ate at the kibbutz it was gross and isaac tried to drink milk with his chicken (not kosher) and got yelled at. good night i am SO tired i could fall asleep on a cactus (CHEESY). Esther

... so that is where I head. I ask inside if they could tell me where the bus is to go to the border and what is the price. I tell him that the taxi tell us it will be 5 JD each to go and he says no it should be 3 of 31/2 JDs. I find out that yes the border does close at 11 am today, so there was only one bus at 7 this morning. When we get to Len all the drivers come over and begin to talk to the police man. The police man says with our ...