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- Day 1
- Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
JordanWādī Dayr ‘Allā31°42’56” N 35°35’11” E
The Dead Sea
December 6, 2018 in Jordan ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Our first night on holiday, in the Kempinsky Hotel at the Dead Sea.
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 7, 2018 at 12:00 PM
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
PalestineAllenby Bridge31°52’29” N 35°32’27” E
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
December 7, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
King Hussein/Allenby Bridge, on the border between Israel/Palestine and Jordan. Not much to look at but an important bridge.
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 7, 2018 at 3:00 PM
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 769 m
- PalestineChurch of the Holy Sepulchre31°46’44” N 35°13’47” E
Silent Night, Holy Sites
December 7, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
I didn't really understand just how many Christian sites would be in Jerusalem, and how dense they'd be. Within about an hour we'd seen The Garden Tomb and Golgotha (if it's at Skull Hill), the HolyRead more
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- Day 2
- Friday, December 7, 2018 at 6:00 PM
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: 757 m
- PalestineBāb as Sāhirah31°47’17” N 35°13’43” E
North of the Old City
December 7, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We're staying in the St. George Cathedral Guesthouse and drinking in the American Colony Hotel Cellar Bar. Sting stayed here. I recommend both.
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- Day 3
- Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 12:00 PM
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: 774 m
IsraelNewé Sha’anan31°46’25” N 35°12’11” E
The Israel Museum
December 8, 2018 in Israel ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We visited the Israel Museum. It was good, very big, very interesting exhibitions and sculpture garden. Highlights included a 9,000 year old sculpture and Sigmund Freud's rings.
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- Day 3
- Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 2:00 PM
- 🌧 9 °C
- Altitude: 760 m
- PalestineMount Zion31°46’26” N 35°13’52” E
South of the Old City
December 8, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
The streets were crowded so we looped around the south walls of the Old City. It was well worth the walk! Connecting the Jaffa, Zion, and Dung Gates, through the Armenian Quarter, and taking in viewsRead more
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- Day 3
- Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 4:00 PM
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: 695 m
- PalestineChurch of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31°46’48” N 35°14’23” E
East of the Old City
December 8, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We visited Gethsemane, the Kidron Valley, and reentered Old Jerusalem through the Lion Gate.
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- Day 4
- Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 8:00 AM
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 770 m
- PalestineTemple Area31°46’59” N 35°13’56” E
Taxi
December 9, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
The shared taxi station to return to Allenby Bridge is near the Damascus Gate, under the Golden Walls Hotel in a price car park. It's easy to miss.
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- Day 4
- Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 12:00 PM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 805 m
- JordanWādī Şafrā’31°57’2” N 35°55’38” E
Shams El Balad
December 9, 2018 in Jordan ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We visited Kat's favourite restaurant to round-off the trip. See you at the end of the month, Mole!
