It just got too cold in Israel so we took a flight to Mexico City to bask in a little sunshine. From Mexico City we took a very nice First class bus to Queretaro and then a not so 1st class bus to San Miguel de Allende. San Miguel is a UNESCO heritage site that has been very well preserved from colonial days.…

We took a short side trip over to Bethlehem to see the birth Place of Jesus. Bethlehem is Palestinian controlled so we had to take Palestinian buses from Jerusalem. It took about half an hour to travel there and once arrived it was a completely different experience than we have had thus far. We did not even…

We decided to take a long walk through the old town section of Jerusalem. We first thought we might follow a walking tour outlined in a travel guide book. That lasted as far as the second attraction listed and we were hopelessly lost. Old town is anything but a grid and to try and follow any of the thousands…

Early this morning we made our way to the Central bus station and caught a public bus to Masada on the south end of the Dead Sea. We had a beautiful day for weather and with rain in the forecast for the rest of the week, we wanted to get a bird's eye view of this famous and historic city on top of the…