So keeping with tradition, Sue and I left Tel Aviv early for Jerusalem. Sue, on her scouting mission, had found several different options for us to get to Jerusalem. And my oh my there were many options. In the end we went for both the cheapest and the most efficient. We took a local "shuttle" they are mini buses that seem to compete with public transport because they go the same routes but they are marginally cheaper. Basically you stand on the route and flag down one down as it passes. They all go to the main bus station. From there, there were a few options. We could take the same type of vehicle we took to Tel Aviv but now that it's not Shabbat, they stop a lot more and it would take longer so we opted for the public bus line. Get this, it's about an hour bus ride and I paid 15 NIS which is around $4 CDN! It was actually more expensive for me to take a cab from the Jerusalem Bus Station to to my hotel than it was to take the two buses from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem!
The Inbal is awesome. Skipping ahead a bit, my post is delayed because I had bath! I know they are short on water but I could not resist! It was fantastic. Alas I digress! So we checked in and then headed our for a great lunch in the trendy part of town and then back to the old city for the tour of the Tunnels under the Western Wall. The tour was great and also provided some perspective into Jewish religion that was kind of glossed over by our Jerusalem tour guide. The tour was very neat and seeing some of the very large pieces of the wall that made up the original temple was incredibly interesting! How those large rocks got there no one knows!
We then headed back to the hotel to shower and get ready for the reception. I went to the info session for new people to the ICA and there are actually far fewer people here than I expected. Apparently, between 60 and 100 for the total conference. The reception was great and I got to meet some great people from other countries. It will surely be an exciting conference!
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