Our trip to Israel is introducing us to a whole new style of tourism. As many of you know, our past trips abroad have consisted of renting rooms at farmhouses in Italy, Spain and France where an ambitious day consists of leaving the farm around 11, one visit to a museum or park and an afternoon ice cream. Well, enter Ikey and a whole new way to travel. Ikey is our delightful Israeli tour guide who we met on Tuesday morning for the first time. And his agenda for each day is nothing but ambitious. When we explained to him that our kids are not used to this pace he said to Ross, "You wanted a vacation? But this is a tour!" So tour we do.
First stop this morning was to the Old City of Jerusalem (after we descended to the Valley of Hell where little children were sacrificed Ikey told the kids). Bram enjoyed acting like a warrior on the walls of the Old City. We then walked through the Jewish Quarter and took a first glimpse and quick visit to the Western Wall. We met up again to go through the tunnels at the Wall where we could walk along the area that has been exposed by archeologists recently. After our tunnel tour, we meandered through the Arab market and stopped for lunch at Burger Bar again! Then it was off to the Davidson Museum to see the model of the Temple and the ruins just outside. By that time we had a tired bunch of kids on our hands so we begged for a rest. A quick stop at Supersal for groceries and back home to the apartment. Before dinner we ventured out to a local playground and then for dinner at an Italian restaurant on Emek Refaim. Phew! We're exhausted!
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