Dan Panorama Jerusalem

... with a basket of pita and the garden setting was serene. We lolled there for a couple of hours and then came back here to the Dan Panorama. Not sure what we'll do tonight -- our last night here -- but whatever it is, just the fact that we're doing ...

One really quick update and then more to come later... We're all settled now at a hotel called the Dan Panorama, a huge improvement from the hovel in East Jerusalem that we were booked into initially (not our choice, for the record!). We are on the west ...

... day, to take more photos in bright daylight. This day was ChristMas eve (if you have forgotten this minor detail), and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra would perform Händel's Messiah oratorium at the Tel Aviv Opera House at 20 o'clock. Leaving Old Yafo at 18 ...

... a little futbol -- it's European Cup time! We went up to the roof terrace and found the best views of Jerusalem. Breathtaking! While Stephne was spelunking in a politically contentious tunnel under the Wall, I was doing some exploring of my own. I ...

... 4 hours yesterday in a Jewish artists colony.      After our brief stops here we went on to Jerusalem traveling down along the Jordanian border.  Along the way the landscape quickly changed to dry, rocky dessert.  We did ...