Blogs from Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East - page 54

Sun is shining, weather is sweet here in Jerusalem. Thanks, Bob Nesta Marley The "homeland" of Israel is now my home, and will be for a while. I flew in last week and arrived at 4:30 in the morning in a completely dark new country. What to do? I slept in the airport for over an hour. I kept waking up thinking that Israeli soldiers with guns would slightly or not so slightly poke me with the tips of their guns as if I were a dirty stray dog and tell me to move on. So the hour sleep only felt like half that at most. The main Israeli airport, The David Ben-Gurion Airport, is the most amazing airport I've ever seen. Its built out of similar stones as the entire Old City of Jerusalem. But ... read more

Hello again i just returned from a loong trip, in fact I did 3 things today. My day started with an attempt to walk around the old city on my own until I found out that my lacking sense of orientation lead me into the most remote corners of the city.. just far away from all sights. So in the end I decided to get a travel guide. he took me around town, I visited all important and holy places here in the old city (Al Aqsa, Wailing wall, via dolorosa, grave church, etc). Jerusalem is a very very special place with too much culture, different mentalities and religions. You literally feel like performing time travelling. Once youre inside the old city walls you feel like centuries behind, the only thing that reminds you of the ... read more

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Another early morning loading into the bus. But this time we were headed South. All the way South, to Elat, to be exact. On the way, we would be making a few stops. Where? I have no idea, so as I write we can be suprised together. Our 1st stop was at Tel Beer Sheva (or Bersheeba). Bersheeba ("well of the oath") dates back to Genesis. It's believed to be the place were Abraham made an oath with Abimelech (Genesis 21:22-32). Bersheeba also marked the southernmost point of ancient Israel (2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21). We were able to walk down into an ancient cistern and then around the remains of the city itself. It was amazing to see how all the rooms were laid out. One other little known fact about Bersheeba is that ... read more

Minsann, da ar man i Jerusalem! Vi bor pa ett vandrarhem som heter Hebron numera, har hetat Tabasco fram till nyligen. Agaren ar fran staden Hebron, sa darav namnet. Vi ar alltsa har for att traffa syndikalister fran Franrike och Spanien, samt en kille fran Boras, och sedan aka runt i Palestina och traffa fackforeningar och andra intressant agrupper, typ kvinnoorganisationer och arbetslosa. De forsta dagarna, lordag kvall till mandag em, har vi for oss sjalva i Jerusalem och kan turista, sa det gor vi. Via Dolorosa ska ses! Det finns saklart utsatt var det ena och det andra hande, typ "Har tappar Jesus korset forsta gangen.", "Har traffar han sin mor, Maria." o.s.v. Kanns lite tacky, men som tur ar ar det inte utskrivet sa mkt pa vaggarna, eftersom det ar mitt i marknadsgatukvarteren, utan ... read more