Regency Jerusalem Hotel, Ltd.

... floor, and vacuum the living room rug. In between, he said, “How can I help” which was a first in his life, and almost brought a tear to my eye. We then locked the door, left the keys with the next-door neighbours, tanked up our little red Mazda on Derech Beit Lechem, and drove to the airport. At the airport, all went smoothly, but with little time to spare. We quickly boarded our plane. And thus concluded the Israel 2009 Harpadkah of the Tischler/Promislow family. F

... of his enclosure much to Adin’s glee and Ezra’s terror. The boys seemed very happy at the Gan Hamifltetset (monster slide), though didn’t use the slides as much as we expected.

Mahaneh Yehuda, the outdoor food market, was great, though much quieter than we're used to one day before chag (Rosh Hashana). The boys seemed much happier there than in the Old City souk. As were we. It was a nice ...

... walked through what seemed like ½ mile of bedrock, listening only to gurgling water and periodically songs sung in Hebrew echoing from pilgrims in front of us. It was amazing to think that this was perhaps part of the route that Joab had taken to enter the Jebusite city I Chronicals 11:6 and II Samuel 5:8). And that tunnelers during the reign of Hezikiah dad been able to tunnel from both directions and meet less than 6 feet from one ...

... verstiess die Annexion des Ostteils waehrend des Sechstagekrieges 1967 gegen internationales Recht, weshalb alle Botschaften nach Tel Aviv umgezogen sind. Jerusalem selber teilt sich grob in drei Stadtteile auf: die historische Altstadt, der palaestinenische Osten und der juedische Westen, auch Neustadt genannt. Das meiste Touristenzeug gibt es logischerweise in der Altstadt, und da fand auch mein gesamter Dienstag statt.

Waehrend meiner Zeit im Fauzi kam eines Tages Gal von ...

... couple of full on days exploring. We took in an excellent free tour to start with, which gave us a nice overview of the 4 quarters (Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Armenian). While we were waiting for the tour to start we were given a little abuse by a Palestinian as the tour was run by Jews. This is the kind of tense feeling that hangs over the city. It’s a pity though – had he been offering an alternative free tour – we would ...

... meet his family). As the cabbie refused to use the meter or come down on his price for the ride, we got right out and flagged another one who did. A half-hour later, David greeted us, two of his four young children (ages 2 to 8) in tow. We met his other kids, playful and dressed in their holiday best, and his wife Karen, just home that very day from an extended stay in the hospital, and yet happy and hospitable (if it were me, I'm sure I'd be happy to be home but not so ...

... is built over the cave where, according to Justin Martyr, Joseph and Mary sought refuge in Bethlehem. The main church is Greek Orthodox. There are Armenian chapels with a monastery, and there is a Roman Catholic parish with a Franciscan friary. Visiting was a peculiar mix of holy, sacred encounter and management of an obnoxious crowd. There were lots of groups-many of them pilgrims who came to worship and venerate this holy place. Others just tourists hoping ...

... don't know why, but I am sure someone will tell me. We then go back up to the little church and look at the mosaic floor at it's front, that everyone is walking all over. Up the stairs we notice the crosses imprinted on the wall by pilgrims over the years. Then we go up to the upper room, there are beautiful mosaic tile pictures here, there is an alter, we can see the rock on either side of it. There is a little alcove under the alter where people are ...

Today we were up and ready for breakfast at 8:00 am.  Breakfast here is quite good and filling but unfortunately, they serve instant coffee.  Ugh..... By 9:00am, we were ready to leave and decided a great way to get to the other side of the city was to take the walk along the old city wall.  It was 16ILS(or about $4) to take this walk and it was amazing!  We got to see the old city from up above-warts and all.  The walked started at the Jaffa Gate ...