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Paris:- Sunday, 24. October 1999:- There's nothing like starting a vacation at 05:00 - 5 am! - to get to the airport for your 10 o'clock flight and then to be asked if you'd like to volunteer for the afternoon flight on another carrier because Air France has overbooked!

Declines Beard Trim In Jordon

LindaThalm
2005-12-02 17:14:18

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lot to Masada. Grandiose comes to mind as a description.

Then the portable phone beeped - Paris calling! - while we're staring at the ramp the Roman attackers built to lay siege to this seemingly impenetrable site in 70-72 AD. The modern and the ancient meet.

The last cable car down was at 16:00 and as we had been 'Petra-ed out' - we didn't want to have to take the 'Snake Path' down on foot back to the car. This constraint and a long chat with - Paris calling! - on a technical matter cut our visit a bit short.

As with all major tourist sites anywhere in the world, going in the morning early to Masada would have been a better plan.

Absolutely nothing had gone wrong on our trip so we were yet to have the most amazing surprise back at the Mount Zion Hotel.

A slight mix-up in our reservation was taken care of by the manager who twirled her mousephoto: 'land' in film laurence of arabia and put us in the best suite in the hotel for the price of a standard room without a view. How else can I say thank you, but recommend a stay at the Mount Zion.
Linda Thalman stands in Peter O'Toole's 'Laurence of Arabia' foot-prints.

The last morning was spent at the Israel Museum in the archeology section. The displays are excellent and the educational documentation in English - and Hebrew, which I don't read - was outstanding. Museums around the world could take a cue from this one for how to do it right.

Just slightly anxious about getting to the airport on time, we only had to 'look' in the direction of the taxi rank and a young man approached us. It was Charlie - again - our driver to the border a week ago. We treated him to a falafel on our way back to the hotel before catching a 'sherut' to Tel Aviv and then an airplane to Boullay.

As a final comment, may the shop and innkeepers of the world say 'Welcome to insert country name here' - as they did everywhere in Jordan. Even a barber rushed out of his shop -though I was most certainly not going to get my beard trimmed - to make us feel welcome.

While you may not get quite such enthusiastic greetings as you stroll around Paris, I know that if you combine a trip to Paris, Israel and Jordan, you will not be disappointed.