The view of the Mediterranean from our hotel room and the temperatures in the high 60's and low 70's made me feel that we were very far from home. What a wonderful break from the frigid German winter!
The second day after we arrived we arranged for a private guide of Jerusalem. I would recommend this to anyone who travels to this historic city. Our guide was fantastic. For eight hours we toured and she gave us the Christian, Hebrew and Muslim history and perspective of the capital. What an education!
It was amazing and overwhelming to see the places where Christ once shared his teachings, was condemned, picked up the cross, was crucified and was buried.
We also visited the Wailing Wall, which is one of the most sacred sites in Judaism. We also had the privilege of touring the Western Wall Tunnels which runs the length of the Western Wall and runs beneath the Old City of Jerusalem.
Our day was complete when we toured, shopped and ate in the Jewish Quarter, Christian Quarter and Arab Quarter.
The rest of the trip was spent reading on the beach, indulging in Israeli cuisine and a few spa treatments. Not bad! I have to say that this trip was the highlight of all of our travels. I feel so privileged to have been able to see and experience such a different culture and history than my own. It was a week that I will not soon forget.
