Harmony Jerusalem

...  ground.  This quick journey through the geo-politic of the region soon gave way to the madness that is Jerusalem traffic.  Beyond description, nerve wracking and complete anarchy best describes it, and after a wild ride through the city ...

... (I think all 4 of us could make great sprinters under right circumstances!)...                                                      JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY I have to digress now...I do not want to go ...

... add.  So, literally I am here, but according to my passport- I never came.    Elie Wiesel said that 'Jerusalem is a city that miraculously transforms man into pilgrim; no one can enter it and remain unchanged.'  I guess it must be ...

... continue to be surprised and amazed every day.  The last couple of days we have truly lived the Shabbat experience in Jerusalem.  On Friday afternoon we spent our time with the locals on the Ben Yehuda shopping street and at the local ...

... this writer is weary...The great (literal and figurative) journey continues and we are happy, if tired and hote, travellers...Shalom, on this our first night in the great city of Jerusalem.....Stephen     ...

... about the history of the Wall and the destruction of the Temple. This excursion is definitely a “must” for any visitor to Jerusalem, and we felt so privileged to be able to do it as a private tour. We emerge from the tunnels at the Western ...

... area, and the ruins here are extensive. We spend about an hour exploring the site, and then commence our long drive south toward Jerusalem. After we enter the West Bank, we stop for lunch at a Kibbutz cafeteria, and then stop to visit Qumran, the place ...

... and encasing a complicated mix of architecture. Accompanying ones visit are many rooms which all explain the unique history of Jerusalem and quickly exhausted our abilities to keep straight who was invading when. So enthralled were we with their program ...

Shabbat Shalom (Good Sabbath) from Jerusalem....As the city begins to shut down for Shabbat at sunset we find time to get off a quick blog about the last day or so.  Another amazing and wonderful day yesterday as we travelled east and south ...

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... have any cuts or abrasions on your body as the salt stings. We emerge feeling refreshed and with silky smooth skin. Returning to Jerusalem I prepare for the Farewell Dinner and start the packing process. Dinner is across the street from our hotel at Zuni ...

... caught up on work. This evening we have dinner at the Colony Restaurant at 7 Bethlehem Road in the German quarter of Jerusalem. The meal is absolutely fabulous! After an overwhelming array of appetizers, I have chicken breast stuffed with a sauce and ...

...  desolate fields that fall between the country's most important cities, followed by a bit more traffic as we entered Jerusalem. Unfortunately, while our driver was well versed in getting from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, he had no clue where he ...

... to Tzfat, the ancient "mystic" city of Israel. There are four cities in Israel that Jews consider "Holy."...Hebron, Jerusalem, Tiberius and Tzfat. Tzfat definitely lived up to its reputation as a mystical place. There was something unique and special ...

... more than 4000 years ago with the beginning of Judaism and in the 5th century when the prophet Mohammad came to Jerusalem to pray. Israel, a Jewish nation, is surrounded exclusively by Arab neighbors of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt and ...

... that the sun will rise each day even over a place considered "dead" as the Dead Sea. My first full day in Jerusalem, I walked the short distance from Ecce Homo through the Lions Gate to Mount Olives; where I visited the places traditionally thought to ...

... of Nations Mandate until 1948 when the United Nations tried to create a homeland for the Jews and the Palestinians with Jerusalem as an international city. This proposal was rejected by the Arabs  and resulted in the formation of ...

... Our last day in the holy land soon arrived and it was time to say shalom to the holy places of Bethlehem and Jerusalem and continue our learning curve about this interesting country. Heading to Bethlehem meant crossing into The West Bank (Palestine). For ...

... my friend would park her car to the Old City... To compensate, my friend drives me to Bet Gimal, a Catholic monastery outside Jerusalem. My friend is Protestant (and proud of it). Although I have known her long despise of anything "papist", she seems ...