Notes from Jerusalem
Number of checkpoints/metal detectors in our one-day trip around the city: 4. (One trunk-examination when driving into the Old City, then two metal detectors while walking around and one upon entering a theater.)
Guns: all too common. At the museum there was a group of soldiers who all looked my age or younger and carried assault weapons.
In spite of the above, I never felt acutely (or even peripherally) unsafe. But our host would not let us go into the Arab Quarter of the city. Says Gpa: “You can get a knife in the back just like that.” I am skeptical but promised to follow his advice about which places to travel.
We haggled with a guard to go down into the excavations below the Old City. After much negotiation, he gave us two minutes to look around. Made a quick circuit and took lots of photos. Fascinating ruins.
I wrote down my wish on a piece of paper and left it in the Wailing Wall, with hundreds of others. The wall is a paradise for birds, and I saw dozens nesting between the giant stones.
After dinner: a trendy spot back in Tel Aviv called “The Chocolate Bar,” where we had milkshakes, soufflĂ©, chocolate pizza, and chocolate soup.
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I can see you’re having a good time :)
wowww this place… “The Chocolate Bar”… It’s some place isn’t it??? everyting is made out of chocolate.. a lot of kalories :)
anywayyyyy- keep on having fun!! and ask Lior to take you to the mall!! you’ll have a great timeee
bye bye now :)
Posted by pazit at December 30, 2004 4:18 PM :: Link