Tower Jerusalem
23 Hillel St. Jerusalem, 94581, Israel
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Well this Arabic based browser looks nothing like the one I am used to but here goes. We set off for Jerash on Sunday, believing it to be something it was not. It is a Roman ruins, if you like that sort of thing, it was not the most northern part of Jordan, across the river from the Golan. That is Umm Quais. So we begged Ahmed to take us there, …
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Journey to Jerusalem
... taken to where the Last Supper is supposed to have been perfomed and the Dormitian Church which is where Mary supposedly lay in death until assumed into the sky.
Tonight we walked up to find the centre of the new city, a pedestrian Mall containing many modern shops. We also found another excellent restaurant, Gabriel, for a fabulous meal.
So far this is a fascinating place which contains much history amongst the mythological ...
And on the 6th day...
... of Gethsemane, where it is also believed Jesus went to pray and be with the disciples. and moving into the Kidron Valley, we saw some ancient tombs.
After spending some time in personal prayer in a private garden next to Gethsemane, we went out to what were at once "Shepherd's Fields" (though LOTS of condos there now), and overlooked Bethlehem. Due to security issues, we don't actually enter the West Bank and visit Bethlehem, but we got a view of the city ...
The Holy City and Pasta
... that was pushing my luck in any religious vernacular.
The travel here was easy. We left Amman around 7.45am and arrived at our (previously unselected and unbooked) hotel before 12.30pm. Got a deal too. Not bad for a gentile and a NY Jew!!
Our place, The "New" Imperial Hotel, is a few feet, literally, from Jaffa Gate. So far, a great place to be. The Old City is here with all the usual suspect sights, the Western Wall is a few ...
14 years later
... of us. I was nervous but it ended up working out. So far, so good. Benny & Ofra picked us up and we then had dinner all together - delicious. Today we slept in and have been walking around, in the sun I might add. I'm just putting this short update in so I can upload some photos - obviously I had the best time with the cows...I LOVE the cows....and now am off to sit in the ...



