During the summer period my wife Cigdem and I were not traveling, which is against our nature. An unexpected weekend duty at work made me to decide to have at least a weekend away which is not close but also not too far. After some browsing on internet, one small place took my attention, which is called Vianden, at Luxemburg. Spontaneously we booked a hotel room and planned our weekend away. However it was a spontaneous action, we managed to convince our friends Arif & Selma to join us for the weekend. So double fun! 17-07-2010 Finally the day arrived. Early in the morning we drove to the house of Arif and Selma and drove to the direction of Belgium. Slowly when we approached Luxemburg, the landscape changed significantly. The highway changed to curvy roads and ... read more

Early in the morning we were picked up from our hotel and started to head towards Jerusalem. The trip was quite short and we arrived soon at the City Centre of Jerusalem. After the arrival we started the city trip by visiting the tomb of King David which is located on Mount Zion. King David's Tomb is a site viewed as the burial place of David, King of Israel, according to a tradition beginning in the 12th century. The tomb is situated in a ground floor corner of the remains of the former Hagia Zion, a Byzantine church. Older Byzantine tradition dating to the 4th century identified the location as the Cenacle of Jesus and the original meeting place of the Christian faith. . From there we arrived in a synagogue, which has been changed to ... read more