Ramada Jerusalem

... and had the Golden Gate sealed which you can see in one of the photos.<br><br>The next long term rulers were the Ottoman Turks who held the city until defeated by the British in 1917 and the area known as Palestine was ruled by the British under a League 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 ...

... power gel on a hot morning on your hand. I licked off what I could but was left with a very sticky hand. Then, just to re-confirm that miracles do happen in Jerusalem, within minutes I ran up to an ancient well with crystal clear water gathered in a square pool carved into the rock. Voila, no more stickiness. <br><br>Once home, Aimee called her Charedi second cousin &#8211; Rachel &#8211; who lives with her family on the hilltop village of Bat Ayin in the territories ...

... t remember seeing any. They all hang out in Jerusalem, Bnai Brak, or in the Settlements mostly.<br>Some of the buildings in the center are still older, with character, and then some high rise stuff going on as well. Every shop imaginable is around here and there is also a great little pedestrian area with cafes and markets. Tel Aviv is cool.<br><br>Back at the beach, I'm playing shesh besh with baby brother and he's giving me a run for my money but I win in the end. I play Einav and ...

... Moslem cemetery at the base of the wall. I understood that the cemetery had been placed here so that it would become a filthy place for the Jews who were expecting the Messiah on the Mount of Olives but this cemetery was something else. Full of trash, broken bottles, signs all over of recent trash fires. It surprised me that Muslims would so desecrate their own cemetery. Maybe there is more to this story than I know or ...

... can be served in a meat restaurant. I'll come back to that. Dairy in itself is pretty simple: milk, cheese, yogurt, etc. But what is a dairy meal or a dairy restaurant? That's where the neutral foods come in.<br><br>Pop quiz: fish. Is it meat or dairy?<br><br>Eggs-meat or dairy?<br><br>The answer, clearly, is neither. Both fish and eggs are neutral. As are veggies and fruit. The important thing here is that observant Jews can never eat meat and ...

... filled day of questionable Jesus sites and suffering, it was certainly time for a drink. Angel managed to find the only place that serves alcohol in the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem (where our hotel was) and we set up shop there for the night. It was quite interesting, seeing as it was Friday night, and sundown marks the beginning of the Jewish ...

In Jerusalem, most Jews strictly observe Shabbat (day of rest) and that means there are a lot of restrictions (no driving, turning off and on lights, no exchange of money, ...) that begin at sundown. So, on Friday afternoons Jews frantically shop for Shabbat and the Mahane Yehuda Markets is quite a spectacle. Just look at the video and pics and you'll get the idea. It was really fun and exciting. We stopped inside the Shuq to eat at a tiny and busy Iraqi restaurant.

... that put that famous Dead Sea black mud all over your body while you relax. I didn't try it myself as I couldn't be bothered to rinse it off afterwards, not to mention that no other woman did... only this Chinese guy...and it didn't look very relaxing with 3 people over his head...Anyways, make sure you get your flip flops with you as going into the sea can prove tricky with the salt creating sharp crystals rather unpleasant to the foot, from there inwards though it ...