Old Jerusalem
Sunny, Hot (Hi 89, Lo 70)
The Safest Room in the House
We are not in it...
As the threat to Israel of chemical warfare has increased in the last 20 years, the Home Front Command has switched its preference from basement bomb shelter to elevated protected spaces. There is one on each floor of our hotel. Sounds like the safest place to be - and the most crowded as you must open your door to everyone on the floor in case...
Sign designating protected room
The chair is not protective, but the trap door may be (rimmed in white paint). This isn't our room; it's Byron and Sue's and they haven't opened it. Possibly it leads to the floor below, as the protective rooms are often stacked.
Another mystery
Super heavy, reinforced steel door with a rubber gasket seal
The Fortified City
This model recreates Jerusalem and the Second Temple in 66 AD. The ancient city was then at its largest, covering an area of about 445 acres. The model was built at the initiative of Hans Kroch and took four years to complete. It is housed at the Israeli museum and is on a scale of 1:50.
The entire model of the Old City
This is not a race track - and I apologize for the curved lines of the pano setting on my phone.
The Temple Mount and the Second Temple
Shops and money changers set up their businesses on the Temple Mount. People came from around the Kingdom to pay a Temple tax. It was necessary to exchange your local town currency for shekels.
The neighborhood of the common man. Detail below
King Harold's Palace
Sewage Canal (below)
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