For the last few months, I have been immersed in the writings of Israeli and Palestinian historians, poets, reporters and autobiographers. Now that the trip is only 6 days away, I am trying to shift to some guide books as, with my impaired sense of geography, I would like to understand where I am when I am there.
Typical of me, while people are telling me to stay safe or be careful, my anxiety comes not from potential danger but from direction: how WILL I find my way from Tel Aviv to my hotel in Jerusalem? I was told to have the cheap ($12) public bus drop me off at the Damascus Gate and walk "oh just down the road" to the hotel. Hmm. Sounds very mysterious. With no internal directional radar, this will be the first adventure.
Option 2 is to pay Moshe the Taxi $110 USD to get me door to door (extra $10 because its Saturday) but think of the beautiful bracelets or yummy olive oil that would buy!
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Mimi, If you don't have a great deal of baggage, you probably could take the bus and then walk. You could make sure that your luggage was on wheels and that whatever you are carrying could be carried easily. Perhaps you could look on Google maps to see where your hotel is so that you will have a map, and see how far you would have to walk. The rest of the money you could use to buy gifts or food!
ReplyDeleteIf you are doing any reading of the roots of the current crisis, you should look at Chapters 3 and 4 (especially Ch. 4) of my book, "A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today" [www.ashatteredpeace.com].
ReplyDeleteYour trip looks great ... but it is a long drive from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. $110 is probably about right. But you should check with your hotel ... some run shuttle buses from TelAviv airport to their front door in Jerusalem.
David A. Andelman
Thanks, David, I will take a look at that!
ReplyDeleteYou have several resources in your very own family! Cousins Debby & Neal can probably give you some guidance.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...choice, door to door service via cab or public transportation and money left over for those bracelets, trinkets and causes, tough choice. You need more information.
I love you Mom
ReplyDeleteContacting Neal Sandler before the trip is probably your best bet. He has been there forever, or at least for a very long time.
ReplyDeleteWords from a concerned (worried?) father. Are you travelling alone, or with a group?