Bucharest- Day 2Palace of the ParliamentOur bed is shaking. It’s 6:50am and its not because of anything we are doing. Our phones display an earthquake alert registering 5.3 on the Richter scale. We had heard in our walking tours that Romania has had several severe earthquakes. The last bad one was in 1977 registering 7.2 and over 1,500 people were killed.After a filling breakfast at the hotel, we head …
Bucharest- Day 1 Walking Tour of the Old Town The hotel has a great breakfast buffet…so let’s just say I ate a lot.The morning starts cooler (17 C) but I know the temperature will be rising to 25 C, so I dress in layers.We go to our first walking tour called Old Town and Parliament. Although we walked around the Old Town yesterday, I still learn a lot and see a …
Jerusalem- Day 2Temple MountWe are out of our apartment by 8:15am and head directly to the Temple Mount. This place is significant to Christians, Jews and Muslims. See this link for details.We line up near the Dung Gate. They call it the Dung Gate because way back then this was the gate where you exited to throw out the dung and garbage. To access the Temple Mount we must …