King Herod's Palace

Ella, my parents, my grandparents, and I went to Masada on Thursday. Masada is the remains of Roman King Herod’s palace, fortress, and warehouse. Masada was and still is on a high mountain. When you go into the rooms of the palace, you see black lines on the walls. When archeologists found the palace, there was only half of the walls and no ceiling. The black lines indicate that everything below them is original and everything above the black line is not.

There are two ways to get up the mountain. One of them is taking the gondola. The gondola is like a ski lift but you’re not outside. The ride from top to bottom is only two minutes. The other way is to hike up the Snake Path. The Snake Path is a really hard hiking trail up the mountain. We all took the gondola up, but Ella, my Dad, my Grandma, and I went down the mountain on the Snake Path. It took about 45 minutes. It was not very hard because we were going down, not up.

            If you like hot weather, very old buildings, and high places, then go to Masada because you will love it!!!!!!!