After our sad trip to Yad Vashem, we decided to spend some more relaxing time with our kids at Jerusalem’s zoo. The guide book seemed to infer that this was a little zoo, but in truth it is quite large and well worth the time to visit. There are a great number of animals and trams that take you to different parts of the zoo. The zoo itself is in the shape of a loop, but takes quite some time to walk around. As is typical with any outdoor area there, it was rather hot so make sure to bring something to drink – though of course refreshments are served there.
Our kids of course loved the zoo, and the next day Nelya and I set out to see some more sites around Jerusalem.
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We actually spent a total of five days in Jerusalem, but I will describe it in three. 
There are an amazing number of things to see in Jerusalem, and I advise at least five days to see a decent amount of things. Even given what we saw, I would like to return some day to see sites we didn’t get a chance to see. However, Nelya’s relatives were kind enough to (and actually insisted on) watching our children for two days so we could see some of the sites ourselves. This was incredibly helpful for some places like Yad Vashem, which is no place for children (and where children under a certain age are not allowed). Our first site was the Israel Museum – the most famous museum in Israel.
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Continuing on our trip through Israel and Jordan, I will discuss today the most important piece of architecture in Israel – the Western Wall. For Jews, this wall, the only remnant of the Second Temple from the time of Herod the Great, is the holiest site in the world. For jews, it is a must when coming here to come and pray at the Western Wall.
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Sitting here writing this while I am home from work sick, with a fever, I really would like to take a vacation. Alas I’m not sure what we have in vacation plans this year and we are certainly unable to take one right now so I will reminisce about the most recent vacation we went on – Israel and Jordan. This was perhaps the most interesting vacation we ever took. No vacation ever had as many highs and lows as this one. While in general I am very glad we did it, there were definitely lowlights (such as Nelya breaking her toe in the Dead Sea) and extreme highlights (being the guests of honor at a hip night club in Tel Aviv). I won’t cover all the trip in one posting, but similar to what I did with the Manu Rain Forest I will go through the trip in the order we took it.
So let’s get started with the first destination in the trip – the holy city of Jerusalem.
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Sitting here writing this while I am home from work sick, with a fever, I really would like to take a vacation. Alas I’m not sure what we have in vacation plans this year and we are certainly unable to take one right now so I will reminisce about the most recent vacation we went on – Israel and Jordan. This was perhaps the most interesting vacation we ever took. No vacation ever had as many highs and lows as this one. While in general I am very glad we did it, there were definitely lowlights (such as Nelya breaking her toe in the Dead Sea) and extreme highlights (being the guests of honor at a hip night club in Tel Aviv). I won’t cover all the trip in one posting, but similar to what I did with the Manu Rain Forest I will go through the trip in the order we took it.
So let’s get started with the first destination in the trip – the holy city of Jerusalem.
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