We had planned to go to Egypt, and because we are great at finding the best flights, we planned to go via Milan, which would make the whole journey about £40 per person. But, Easyjet cancelled the second leg of our flight, so we were left with a flight to Milan only.
Caroline found a cheap flight to Tel Aviv and I found that there was no one-way fee for hiring a car in Israel, so we decided to check out Israel on the way to Egypt.
Summary of what we did.
Bergamo .. beautiful town, put our bags in lockers at the bus station and went up the funicular to the old town. Ate the best pizza for lunch and watched a crazy street performer who shouted at kids. Took the train to Milan, then another train to Milan Malpensa airport where we stayed in Sheraton so it would be easy to catch out early morning flight to Israel.
In Israel hired a car and drove to Airbnb about 30km from Jerusalem. Nice family. It was very relaxed and about £35 per night, less than half what any hotels would cost. We saw wailing wall, old jerusalem and jesus resurrection cave. We went to a very very jewish town with tons of kids and tons of schools. Plain women and traditionally dressed men. We went to Bethlehem, through the wall that separates palestine from Israel. We saw jesus birthplace and had a fantastic palestinian lunch. We went to an amazing stalactite cave. We drove to the dead sea and stayed in 5* hotel and floated in the salty water. Then we drove to Eilat, handed in the car and crossed the border to Egypt.
Caroline found a cheap flight to Tel Aviv and I found that there was no one-way fee for hiring a car in Israel, so we decided to check out Israel on the way to Egypt.
Summary of what we did.
Bergamo .. beautiful town, put our bags in lockers at the bus station and went up the funicular to the old town. Ate the best pizza for lunch and watched a crazy street performer who shouted at kids. Took the train to Milan, then another train to Milan Malpensa airport where we stayed in Sheraton so it would be easy to catch out early morning flight to Israel.
In Israel hired a car and drove to Airbnb about 30km from Jerusalem. Nice family. It was very relaxed and about £35 per night, less than half what any hotels would cost. We saw wailing wall, old jerusalem and jesus resurrection cave. We went to a very very jewish town with tons of kids and tons of schools. Plain women and traditionally dressed men. We went to Bethlehem, through the wall that separates palestine from Israel. We saw jesus birthplace and had a fantastic palestinian lunch. We went to an amazing stalactite cave. We drove to the dead sea and stayed in 5* hotel and floated in the salty water. Then we drove to Eilat, handed in the car and crossed the border to Egypt.
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