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At 6:00 PM January 13, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:40 a.m. Sunset (local): 4:55 p.m.	Weather 55°F
Traveled Since Yesterday 0 m / 0 km Cumulative 1592 mi / 2564 km	Lat: 31° 47' 56" N Lon: 35° 08' 37" E Elev: 2792 ft / 851 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Jerusalem
Where We're Staying: once again, we are divided into two groups and staying with Beni and Esther van Vlymen, and Yefim and Nona Manusov
Places We Visited: Temple Mount / Dome of the Rock, Al-Aqsa Mosque, city ramparts, Tower of David Museum, Ministry of Tourism, Israel Museum (Dead Sea Scrolls and other exhibits)
Featured Site: Mount Moriah
Person of the Day: King Herod the Great
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: humus; Breakfast: bread and cheese, green salad, guacamole, oatmeal, mini cheese pastries; Lunch: pita bread, plates of humus and tahina, moussaka, and rice and beans; Dinner: bread and butter and cheese, potato salad, beet salad, vegetable soup, cookies; Olive Count: 1364
Word of the Day: B'vakasha means "you're welcome" (as in what you say in response to a "thank you") in Hebrew.
Tech Fact of the Day: BCE, which means "before the common (or Christian) era" is the terminology used by many people as a substitute for BC, which means "before Christ"; CE or "common (Christian) era" replaces AD ("anno domini").: Flat Count (Cumulative): 4; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 22

Next Stop: We are staying in Jerusalem!

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