Our weekend

Jerusalem was a lot cleaner than Nazareth. I liked our “hotel” because of a little orange kitty in the courtyard. Dad got me a little solid brass tea set. It’s not like an American tea set, it’s way different. He got it because during the tour I was trying to find interesting things that I heard, saw, and other neat stuff. He said I behaved really well. One of the sounds I loved was hearing canaries singing in cages above some of the market stalls. :)

In Jerusalem’s old market, we found fresh figs!! They tasted like sugar bombs, which is a very good thing. They were gooey.

The room was awesome, ’cause Zoe and I had bunks. Bethlehem was cool because I actually got to be where little Jesus was. Bethlehem was scenic. There were a lot of olive trees that our guides said were 1,000 years old or more!

I went up Mt. Masada on a thingy mabobber (cable car). We saw these ruins that were from ancient Jewish times and Roman times. I felt like a sweat ball. It must have been about 105 degrees Fahrenheit up there.

I loved the Dead Sea!! I floated like a little feather. I felt so light and free! I collected lots of salt crystals and my biggest one is about 10 inches across and 1.5 inches thick. I accidently tasted the water and it tasted even worse than the regular sea. I learned that there’s nothing except for 8 or 9 species of bacteria living in the water.


I just plain loved our trip over the weekend (except for being sweaty)!!