Jerusalem

Since Danny had to work today, Susan and I took the opportunity to go to Jerusalem. It's been over 35 years since I've ridden the Egged bus to Jerusalem and while the buses have gotten considerably more comfortable, the traffic - especially in Jerusalem - has grown exponentially.






Entering at the Jaffa gate, we took our usual route through the Cardo (the ancient Roman road) to the Wall. The major difference this time, was that the Arab shuk was rather full. The last two years, it was totally empty - this time, it was more like I remember it from when I lived there.








At the wall, there was the usual mob scene with multiple bar mitzvahs going on at the same time.
We paid our respects at the wall, then found our way back to the Jaffa gate.

From there, we went to Ben Yehuda Street and found (after some searching) a felafel stand so I could get my annual felafel fix. We ran into the Mogan David Adom mobile van again where I gave blood two years ago and Betsy was refused because they weren't sure she was really human. I figured I might as well do it again, and I did. We then took the Egged back to Jerusalem and met up with Danny.

After a tour of Bina (where Danny works) we came back to the hotel and are resting up before dinner.

The good news about the weather is that it didn't rain, but it was very chilly in Jerusalem and cloudy in both cities. Still, having seen the weather in Milwaukee, we won't complain. (As I was typing this, we just heard some rain splatter against our window. Sigh.)

Tomorrow - an Israeli shuk or two!