Grant and Patti's Middle Eastern Vacation

We made it to Jerusalem last night after almost a day of driving from the southern tip of the sinai penninsula to Jerusalem. Finally found our hotel after our printed directions from the hotel were more than lacking and our maps didn't have many streets listed. We had a nice dinner and got up early this morning and headed for the old city. Our hotel is walking distance so we decided to get an early start, which proved to be to our advantage. There are quite a few people here, but it's far from high season. So far we've walked almost the entire city, stopped at the wailing wall, the church of the holy sepulcher, walked down the via delorosa and are waiting for the dome of the rock to open to outsiders. It's quite toursity here with many street markets and way too many of this is the place where 'x' is believed to have occurred. Even still it's a fascinating city. Restaurants will hopefully open soon and then we're off to see more of the city. Tomorrow we'll head back to Tel Aviv and hang out at the beach in the morning and then either head to Caesarea or the Sea of Galilee. Time is winding down here with still much to see!

We made it back into Israel this morning for what was hopefully our last border crossing! We rented another car and are going to tour around Northern Israel for a few days before heading home on Saturday. The trip to Egypt was fun, but it is nice to be back in the developed world again!