Israel Day 3 (01/07/15)

We were up early as we had to meet our guide by 8:30 am. Ayal is a licensed Israeli tour guide -- this means he's been through extensive training and has passed a test. Not only was he super-knowledgeable, he was a lot of fun. It was an interesting day as it was very windy, rained, sleeted, snowed, and was sunny -- all we had to do was wait a few minutes and it would change. Oh -- and there was lightning and thunder too. As Ayal is a native Israeli, he's not used to the cold (he's lucky he's not in NJ tonight!)

We saw many things in the Old City. I've tried to caption as many of the photos as I could remember. It was very amazing to be seeing archaeological sites that were so very old. And to walk in the area that was King David's palace. Parts of the Bible truly came alive for us. We visited the Western Wall and left notes and put money in the tzedakah (charity) boxes. Lunch was in a little cafe overlooking the City of David. Once again we were given more food than we knew what to do with. That actually turned out to be a good thing as we didn't try to go out for dinner but ate leftovers and yogurt from our room fridge.

It was a fascinating but tiring day, We're not sure what we're going to do tomorrow as the weather is still unsettled -- snow, thunder. Latest forecast is maybe for just a little rain tomorrow in which case school will be in session (it was closed today) and shops and museums might be open. Everyone is complaining about the cold because it is around 30 F -- they don't know what cold really is.

Day 3 Photos