The Dead Sea
6 Desember 2018, Yordania ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Our first night on holiday, in the Kempinsky Hotel at the Dead Sea.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
7 Desember 2018, Palestina ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
King Hussein/Allenby Bridge, on the border between Israel/Palestine and Jordan. Not much to look at but an important bridge.
Silent Night, Holy Sites
7 Desember 2018, Palestina ⋅ 🌧 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 HolyBaca selengkapnya
North of the Old City
7 Desember 2018, Palestina ⋅ 🌧 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.
The Israel Museum
8 Desember 2018, 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.
South of the Old City
8 Desember 2018, Palestina ⋅ 🌧 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 viewsBaca selengkapnya
East of the Old City
8 Desember 2018, Palestina ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We visited Gethsemane, the Kidron Valley, and reentered Old Jerusalem through the Lion Gate.
Taxi
9 Desember 2018, Palestina ⋅ ☀️ 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.
Shams El Balad
9 Desember 2018, Yordania ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We visited Kat's favourite restaurant to round-off the trip. See you at the end of the month, Mole!
