Our last day of touring in Israel included a couple of moving experiences. When I was last here, we visited a remarkable scaled down model of the Old City that had been built on the grounds of the Holyland Hotel. A few years ago in what must have been a major undertaking, the model was moved to a new site at the Israel Museum. It was cut into a thousand pieces and carefully reassembled at the new site. The move was accomplished in 66 days. That's me standing next to it. The Shrine of the Book housing the Dead Sea scrolls is next door and also a must see.
From there we went to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial. I would think it impossible to experience it without being deeply moved. It's a bit like walking through the pit of hell. It is hard to comprehend such evil.Tonight we pack and we head to the airport in the wee small hours of the morning to continue the adventure in England and Scotland.
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