From swimming in the Dead Sea to driving around the Sea of Galilee, we loved the two very hot weeks we spent in Israel
. The cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv were also a lot of fun to explore, and the beaches were surprisingly good!
Ecce Homo Convent – Great Place to Stay on the Via Dolorosa, (Old City) Jerusalem
July 08, 2007
breakfast, Dome of the Rock, Ecce Homo convent, hotel, Old City, Our Lady of Sion, roof, station of the cross, Via Dolorosa, view, Western Wall
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Clean and plenty of hot water too! Our bathroom at the Ecce Homo Convent, Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem Our room at Notre Dame de Zion The Sisters of Our Lady of Sion run a fabulous guest house in the Ecce Homo Convent. First of all, the location can’t be beat! You’re right on
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July 08, 2007
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Armenian Quarter, Burnt House, bus, Chagall windows, Church of all Nations, Church of the Ascencion, Dead Sea Scrolls, Dome of the Rock, Dominus Flevit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jewish Quarter, Mount Herzl cemetary, Mount of Olives, Pater Noster, Ramparts Walk, shopping, Shrine of the Book, stations of the cross, synogogues, Temple Mount, the Russian Church of Mary Magdelene, Via Dolorosa, Yad V'Shem
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The Via Dolorosa. The Wall fills with people Friday night for the beginning of the Sabbath. We spent our second day in Jerusalem today. We arrived Friday afternoon by bus from Tel Aviv – it takes about 45 min. We went to the Western Wall for Friday night prayers. Our
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Well, after 10 hours in the air to Paris we spent 7 more on the ground waiting in the new terminal at Charles De Gaulle (F&*%freezing, no food, what there was was super expensive). Finally we boarded our flight here and in 4 1/2 hours we were on the ground.
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