When my daughter and I visit Israel, the Kotel [Western Wall] is always on our itinerary. So despite the torrential rain and cold weather in late December, we went to the Old City. Once there, we ate just-baked pita fresh from the oven, took a quick look at the shops in the Cardo [marketplace] and prayed at the Kotel.



This time we had the extra pleasure of visiting the just-opened museum at the Southern Wall excavations.



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