Finally, this morning, we timed a last trip to the Holy Sepulchre right. Around 9:30am the Tomb was just being cleaned after the morning masses and the queue had not yet formed, so, after a few minutes, we got to actually spend some time in the inner shrine and take it in.
The main body of the church was also open for the first time on our visits and so we got to stand directly underneath the dome and appreciate it.
We spent the rest of the morning haggling away our last shekels in the souks and eating our last bowls of houmous and felafel.
We said goodbye to the old city with a quick trip to Christ Church at the Jaffa Gate. This Victorian Anglican Church was the first protestant church in Jerusalem and was designed to look like a synagogue to underline the Jewish roots of Christianity.
We then took a minibus taxi to Ben Gurion Airport where we are now waiting in the tasteful departure lounge, complete with water feature cascading from the ceiling.
Touch down at Heathrow should be about 11:30 tonight.
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