Last night's seafood bonanza, as advertised in our guide book, like quite a few things in the guide book, was not happening. However the restaurant at the American Colony Hotel had a lovely leafy and romantic courtyard with fountains and candles and a great and varied menu. Had a top quality meal, but required the sale of a few major organs to pay for it.
This morning we attended the Communion service at St George's Cathedral - very moving, meant a lot, suprisingly much easier to connect to the Holy Land through a familiar Anglican setting than Orthodox or Catholic church, of which we have seen a lot.
Then transferred by taxi to our new apartment for the 2nd half of the trip.
The apartment is in the Yemin Moche area, to the South West of the Old City. This is a pretty, pedestrianised area (we had fun getting lost and pulling our suitcases up and down these steps). It seems to be a very quiet and 'arty' enclave.
Here is our street, Ma'havasar Street.
And this is our house, Avisar House. It goes down on three floors below the street and we have the top floor, through the door pictured here.
This is the inside of the apartment, taken from the kitchen and sitting area towards the bedroom.
After a trip to the local supermarket - 'Deal' - to stock up on humous, figs and chocolate to keep Laura happy, Richard spent the afternoon chilling out in here where it is nice and cool.
And this is the view from the roof terrace where Laura spent the afternoon working on her tan
and Sudoku.
Cooking for ourselves tonight and relaxing watching DVD's.
May take a walk this evening if it cools down. Very, very hot today.
Tomorrow, back to the streets!
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