Day 5: Israel Museum...

1:50 Scale Model of Jerusalem in the 
late 2nd Temple Period in 66 AD

Shrine of the Book Houses the Dead Sea Scrolls

Next, we visited the Israel Museum, which thankfully was uplifting. There are four complete synagogue interiors, Jewish art, Israeli art and a large selection of European art including Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Monet (which apparently were all donated). It was a very impressive museum and a nice distraction.

After dinner at the hotel, Andrea and I took a bus back into town to a pedestrian shopping area. Unfortunately, many of the shops were already closed, but I did manage to find some Roman glass earrings. Found the bar area, but decided to head back instead; if only we’d known that we’d have to wait 45 minutes for a bus, we would have accepted one of the offers for a free shot of whisky made by employees outside several of the bars. Later night than we’d expected, but we always felt safe or would have hopped into a taxi.