Jerusalem is a city of contrast

Lots of different variety of Jewishness from totally non practicing to ultra conservative. We got to go gave Friday night dinner with another of Ellyn's Israeli cousins. The town closes down and is deader than dead all day Saturday which was a perfect time for us to visit Masada and the Dead Sea- the subject for another time.

The roads to the conservative neighborhoods are blocked off so cars cannot be driven through them and give of fence. Rock throwing has been known to happen.

We stayed in the city center witch had pedestrian streets and lots of interesting shops. We had a studio hotel room which was fabulous for a cup of tea in the morning. And a night market 

The Israel museum was fabulous and houses the Dead Sea scrolls. Tom wants his bones  keeped in a box like this to encourage ancestor worship. Ha! I say, he'll be dead and won't know where his remains  are.

We had a tour guide booked for old Jerusalem and we did it all, ancient history in the morning, and Jesus in the afternoon.  whew!