7/8/2017 Israel Day 12: Israel Museum & Old City at night

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Today we went to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and spent the entire day there.  The museum is very large and we had to skip many areas (buildings of the large campus) and zip through some interesting stuff.  It is similar to the British museum of London in that you cannot see everything in one day and there is something of interest to everyone.  We took a few hundred photos.  In the archeology section is the result of a dig in which my oldest daughter participated!

The display explains that the prehistoric Shaman lady was buried with her mystical tortoise shells. But the students who did all the work on the dig for the archeologists gossiped that they thought the hermit "cat lady" (turtle lady) was an outcast spinster shunned by the tribe.  Who is right?

In the evening we walked back to the old city to photograph the City of Gold at sunset.  We were not disappointed.

We walked along the ramparts to the Kotel and watched the Havdalah service there.  At our vantage point we participated in our own service with a group from Spain.  They had a flamenco  twist to the songs and prayers we know so well.  It was a lot of fun.

Tomorrow we fly to Switzerland.  We had a great time here and hope to come back again soon.


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