Up in the hills

Most cities (like Auckland, Wellington, Manila, Davao) are near an ocean port or beside an important river or highway crossing. However, Jerusalem is stuck up on the hills in the middle of nowhere. It doesn't even have an airport. Yes, it's hard to see why Jerusalem is such an important city unless you understand that the temple (i.e., the presence of God) was here.


The Gloria Hotel is in the Old City, so you have to go through a gate in the city walls to get in. In this case, it's just inside the Jaffa Gate. (Hopefully you know that you can click on any of the photos in this blog to view them in more detail -- then just click on the Back button in your browser to return here.)

I was a bit disappointed to find that there are three of us sharing a room as most of the rest of the group only have two to a room. Hopefully it's a bit cheaper for us??? But at least there's wireless Internet so I can publish this :-) It actually has a bath too (with the shower over it), although I can't imagine taking the time for a good soak unfortunately.