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  • Day 7

    Nazareth

    August 25, 2023 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    2 fascinating sites in Nazareth.. the Church of St Joseph , like most of the sites her,built on top of layers of older churches,synagogues..there is a cave in the depths below this one where Joseph worked his trade (and no he apparently wasn't a carpenter but a stonemason hardly any trees there thousands of years ago!)..the 2nd is the Basilica of the Annunciation...where the angel announced to Mary she would become the mother of Jesus !! Amazing sites...all have new built on old built on Ancient! Never been in the slightest bit religious but do find it all fascinatingRead more

  • Day 50

    A bang and not a whimper

    June 15, 2023 in Israel ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

    Whenever we holiday, we always like to go out with a bang rather than a whimper and today was a good example of that.
    The weather was fine but slightly cooler and we revisited some familiar places. We also stumbled across a great new way to do Hezekiah’s tunnel if you’re on a budget.

    We commenced by trying out the light rail system in preparation for tomorrow when we hope to catch the light rail to Jerusalem central station then catch the fast train direct to BenGurion airport. We knew we needed to buy physical tickets for the light rail and we didn’t want to be stumbling around tomorrow with a full complement of luggage trying to work out the unfamiliar ticketing system.
    It was just as well we did.
    After several attempts to purchase a ticket at 3 different machines on Jaffa street we eventually got a physical card (a bit like an Opal Card for Sydney people) loaded with two single fares. We thought we had read that 2 people could share one card (and simply debit it twice when boarding) but when we did board the next tram to Damascus Gate station we found that it would only debit one fare . . . .so one of us was riding ticketless . . . again. Later re-reading the fine print we discovered that you can indeed share a single ticket on all forms of public transport EXCEPT the light rail.

    We got off at Damascus Gate and thankfully no ticket inspectors ‘detained us for further questioning’. We endeavoured to purchase another card at Damascus Gate station but none of the machines would cooperate. Eventually we surmised that they had run out of the physical cards in the machine so it was impossible to buy a valid fare by this method.
    We walked into the old city through the Damascus Gate, through the market street where we bought some delicious looking baklava at a fraction of the price it is in a ‘regular’ shop and then turned left on Via Dolorosa to get to the Lion Gate. The purpose of this was because Loss hadn’t been to the Lion Gate before and it had of course featured prominently in our ‘Ammunition Hill’ experience yesterday as being the gate through which the Old City was taken in 1967.
    We stood outside the gate and discussed this, noting that most of the gunfire damage inflicted on the gate in 1967 has now been repaired.
    We then took a few steps back inside the gate to visit St. Anne’s Church in the grounds of which are the remains of the Pool of Bethesda. We had visited this before but it was good to see some new information and signage which made the layout of the site much easier to understand.
    We continued back along Via Dolorosa with the sole intention of enjoying coffee and apple strudel at the Austrian Hospice. However, a sign on the side of the Ecce Homo Pilgrim House caught my eye indicating that parts of the Strouthion Pool and the rockscarp of the Antonia fortress could be observed inside. I had heard about such a site but wasn’t sure of its location - now I knew.
    Entry required a few shekels in cash which I didn’t have, but the Australian lady on the reception area kindly let us go in anyway. The archaeological aspects were surprisingly good and quite well placarded and we enjoyed piecing this together with our understanding of Herod’s Temple and its associated structures. We had seen the Antonia Fortress rockscarp from the Temple Mount a few days ago and part of the Strouthion Pool on the Western Wall Tunnels tour from a few years ago. Now we were seeing the opposite side of these same features.
    Caffeine and strudel were calling and we were not to be sidetracked again. The Austrian Hospice is a wonderfully tranquil haven just a few metres away from the noise and bustle of the streets below and we rested here for a while, taking the opportunity to do our Bible readings in a most enjoyable location. The rooftop view from the Hospice is also quite good and we enjoyed picking out many of the features that we had visited over the past 5 days from this vantage point.

    Next up was a retracing of steps down the Via Dolorosa, back through the Lion’s Gate, down across the Kidron Valley and up the Mount of Olives. We accidentally discovered a new stairway adjacent to the Garden of Gethsemane site that leads right up to the crest of the Mount which was much safer and somewhat easier than dodging cars flying up the narrow, winding road.

    We lingered here for a while taking in that view of which you never tire. We decided we would head down and walk the Kidron Valley as they have installed a new path that runs down its length. As we made our way down we noted some excellent signage with Bible references to events that had taken place in the Kidron.

    Unexpectedly, we came across a structure that looked like a large open Bedouin tent with seats, couches and refreshments. We initially didn’t have any intention of engaging with the proprietors but the young Israeli man told us it was a new feature of the City of David company. Looking about, it did have appropriate signage so we let him speak on.
    For a small fee of 15 shekels (equivalent to just over AUD$6) we would be taken on a tour down the rest of the Kidron and then given access to a ‘side entrance’ into Hezekiah’s tunnel to either do the Wet or Dry tunnel as we chose. Additionally they would provide a courtesy shuttle ride for us back up the valley if we wished - and the absolute clincher was that they made us a free cup of mint tea in the pleasantly cool tent while I paid via the online facility!
    Loss got to ride in a sidesaddle sort of arrangement on the gopher driven by our ‘guide’ who hailed from Silwan and spoke not a word of English - but no matter, because he had a magic phone that opened locked gates in our path and then a magic key that opened the ‘secret’ gates where Hezekiah’s tunnel can be accessed from the side of the Kidron Valley.
    It was quite disorienting to approach Hezekiah’s tunnel in this way.
    We stood there for a few minutes getting our bearings, said goodbye to our Arab guide, allowed some groups to pass and then we found that the normally packed Gihon spring fortifications area was completely empty!
    We spent about half an hour going back around all this area, taking photos and watching the excellent audiovisual demonstration that helps make it all very understandable. Being able to move around this area freely with no one else there except 2 Israeli information people who also answered a few of our questions was just amazing.
    Now we started to hear voices coming down from above so it was time to go.
    As we had not come with shoes or clothing to do the ‘wet’ tunnel, we opted for the dry (Canaanite) tunnel which neither of us had done before.
    This was also a bonus, as right with us was a knowledgeable guide and his sole client who filled in some background information on this tunnel and how it was used for irrigation during David’s time.
    Once exiting the ‘dry’ tunnel and as we were still within the bounds of the City of David facility we were able to go and investigate some more of the archeological features in this lower area of the site, including walls from the first temple period.
    We decided to walk back up to the starting point of the City of David rather than right down to the Siloam Pool, so as it turned out we did a full City of David experience starting in the Kidron Valley for exactly half the cost of a ‘regular’ City of David ticket.

    So, there’s a tip for anyone travelling on a budget! This operation has only been going for five months and as far as we were concerned, it was a winner.

    Our final activity for the day was to visit ‘The Time Elevator’ which is a motion-ride experience that takes you through the history of Jerusalem in a novel way. It had moved from its previous location up near Jerusalem Tower hotel and is now down in the Mamilla Centre. We got there just in time for the last show of the day at 5.20pm - and as we were literally the only ones in the theatre they played the English soundtrack for us over the theatre speakers rather than having to listen to the translation through headphones.
    It was pretty much the same as we had remembered with a few added touches at the conclusion but I particularly enjoy the way they portray the scenes that involve Jeremiah and Zedekiah.
    We made our way back towards our unit with a detour to try to buy another Light Rail ticket in preparation for tomorrow’s trip. After 2 more unsuccessful attempts we finally got a machine to spit out a ticket.

    And the Damascus Gate baklava was very much enjoyed after dinner.

    So ends our Jerusalem visit. We didn’t visit many of the ‘classic’ sites because we had been to them before and were well familiar with them. What we did this time was to seek out new points of interest (e.g. Annas’ tomb) and to also spend more time at places that we had not had sufficient time to explore properly in past visits, at the same time enjoying the new archeological finds that have taken place since we last visited.

    It has been a wonderful 7 weeks. We have suffered no illness or injuries. The weather has been remarkably good and the experiences diverse and enriching. We have been truly blessed.

    It’s now time to head home to our ‘real’ life. May it be that we will be in Jerusalem again very soon when it is ‘made a praise in all the earth’.

    And thank you to all those who have followed this blog and for those who have contributed (and helped correct some entries) along the way over the past 50 days.
    Hopefully it has been informative and entertaining in equal measures.
    May God bless you all.
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  • Day 47

    On and Around the Temple Mount

    June 12, 2023 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    An early start today to try to beat the usual crowds lined up to visit the Temple Mount.
    We left the apartment just before 7am to arrive at the entry point down near the Dung Gate just after 7.
    To our surprise, there was not a single person lined up and we were through security and onto the Temple platform within just a minute or two. Despite Loss wearing her 3/4 length dress especially so as to comply with the modesty standards, it was deemed still unacceptable by the Muslim gentleman at the gate, so mandatory extra skirt it was!

    We spent just shy of 3 hours going around all the important features of the platform (with the help of Leen Ritmeyer’s exceptionally helpful book ‘Jerusalem - The Temple Mount’) in the rapidly warming day. Even at this time of the morning we were seeking out shade as and where we could, but were keen to complete the whole tour in the most thorough way possible. Finding the ‘window’ where John of Gischala dug into the wall to undermine and damage the Roman earthworks in the siege, seeing exactly where Paul gave his speech on the north portico at Antonia, finding the original Herodian pavements and the corner of the first temple platform - these and many others leave a powerful impression.
    I only got into trouble once today by nonchalantly strolling up to the open doors of the Dome of the Rock hoping that they would think I was a Muslim worshipper, however that was cut short pretty quickly. As usual we were also denied entry to the stairs leading down to the Double Gate at the southern end of the platform as well as the Islamic museum at the southwestern corner.
    We exited from the western side of the platform and sought out a little coffee shop that had been recommended which we found via a fairly circuitous route. Google maps had us initially walking through the Arab markets and turning left through some large, locked green gates.
    The coffee and carrot cake was indeed very good and we decided we might give ‘The City of David’ a try today. We made our way down by foot through the building crowds and when we arrived there were hoards of people, school groups etc. I spoke to the ticket seller and we mutually agreed it would be a much more enjoyable experience if we came back tomorrow early - between 8 and 9. We thought this was an excellent idea, so headed back up to the Davidson Archeological Park.
    There were far fewer people here and we were very pleased for the airconditioning in the museum / theatre.
    Since we were last there, the whole experience has been revamped and upgraded with the exhibits and audiovisuals being really first rate. New areas of excavation have been opened up - much of it being ceremonial Mikvehs for pilgrims coming to worship at the Temple.
    There was also much better signage and some audio guidance which was quite helpful as well. As always, the best features are the ascending staircase from the south and being able to stand on the stones that Jesus and his disciples stood on and to touch the door frame of the triple gate is a must-do for me. And of course the stones at the southwestern corner that have crashed down and destroyed the pavement near Robinson’s Arch in fulfilment of Jesus’ prophecy that ‘not one stone shall be left standing’ of the Temple.
    A quick excursion down the drainage tunnel under Robinson’s arch that links up with the Pool of Siloam was also worthwhile. We hope to do it ‘full length’ in the correct , upward direction from Siloam tomorrow.
    Once we were done here, we made our way back up to the Jewish Quarter and our friend at the falafel shop spotted us ‘ ‘Please, you come, sit here, take your time, what would you like - I tell the guys inside serve you straight away’.
    So a few falafel balls it was today as a mid afternoon snack to replace a non-existent lunch.
    It’s only a short stroll to the Hurva synagogue from here so we made our way up there to use the last part of our Jerusalem multi-ticket.
    The synagogue has an interesting history. Having been destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948 during the war of Independence, it lay in ruins for decades but was finally rebuilt and the restoration completed in 2010. The view from the top of the dome was excellent.
    One more walk through the east Cardo and then the main part of the Cardo and a familiar walk back to our apartment and we were all done quite early - 4.30pm. Dinner and MM to come.
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  • Day 46

    Digging Deep

    June 11, 2023 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Today started with our pre-booked tour to the Western Wall tunnels (Kotel)- but this time it was a new tour - the Great Bridge Route.
    This is a newly excavated section adjacent to the Western wall, revealing a large reception area that pilgrims from around the world during New Testament times were most likely received in before making their way up into the Temple itself. There are ceremonial mikveh and also beautiful examples of the pilasters that would have adorned the entire temple walls but of course were all destroyed in A.D. 70.
    It was a grand and beautifully designed room.
    The Bridge area is an extension of Wilson’s arch and bridge (the covered section at the far left that of the Western Wall Plaza) and the large reception room is immediately adjacent to this.
    The audio visuals and diagrams were very helpful in piecing together more elements of the Temple that Jesus and his disciples would have known and the magnificence of this room is a further example of why the disciples would have exclaimed to Jesus

    Mark 13:1
    “And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!”

    This grand reception room would have been one of such buildings that they admired.

    After finishing our tour we emerged into the bright sunlight and warmth of early summer. We made our way up into the Jewish quarter, stopping for a falafel at Loss’ favourite place just near the Burnt House.
    We then continued up towards the Hurvah synagogue and called into the bookstore (Sharashim - The Biblical Store) just there on the right side at the open square. We saw that they sold quite a bit of the Ritmeyer’s materials. Loss wanted to buy some cards which we duly did and as we got chatting to the proprietor, we mentioned that we happened to know the Ritmeyers.
    “Ah, so you must be Christadelphians ….. I also know the Billingtons who have been in here from time to time and ……”

    As Loss had never been to the Burnt House (first time she came it was all booked out, last time it was closed) we went back to see if we could get in for a show.
    We were ushered in almost immediately - and apart from an Orthodox couple who left a few minutes after it started, we were the only ones in there!
    At the Burnt House we had purchased a ‘multi-pass’ which gave us access to a couple of places we had never visited (The Hurvah Synagogue and the Plugat Hakotel), as well as the Davidson Centre which we intended to visit anyway.
    Upon leaving the Burnt House, we found the Plugat Hakotel just up and around the corner near the ‘Broad Wall’ and went in.
    It was a surprisingly interesting audiovisual presentation about a feature of modern Israel of which we both had little knowledge - the Beitar movement and the Western Wall.
    This was a movement founded by Ze’ev Jabotisnky in Poland and involved pushing back against the strict British sanctions against the Jews in the Old City and the Western wall. The blowing of the Shofar was illegal but the Beitar movement did this at the end of every Yom Kippur. This came to a head in 1938 and the museum is based around this incident. Check out https://www.itraveljerusalem.com/attraction/the…
    if you want to follow this up further.

    Next up was a bit of a wander through the Cardo after which we thought we would try our luck at gaining admission to the Tower Of David again, to finish the parts we hadn’t covered yesterday. Our friend from yesterday was not on duty and it took a little bit of discussion before we were eventually given fresh tickets to go back in. We spent another 2 hours covering all of the rest of what this excellent site now has to offer.
    We climbed right to the top of the Phasael tower for magnificent views over all of Jerusalem.
    It was now approaching closing time again and were just about to exit when we stumbled on the Kishle part of the site - the excavations of sections of Herod’s palace.
    It was now well after closing time and we just kept getting deeper and deeper into the site. No one else was around and no one had asked us to leave.
    We fully expected that the electronic security door through which we had entered the Kishle would be firmly shut by now. As I was climbing the stairs back up to it I was genuinely thinking ‘Well, we have an apple, 1 packet of chips and a bottle of water - that should keep us alive until opening time tomorrow morning’.
    I must say I was genuinely / happily surprised when the door opened without issue and we continued on outside again.
    Due to the recency of the renovations to this area, the Ramparts Walk also joined the stairs now in front of us as we headed towards the exit- so without anyone to advise us to the contrary off we went along the Southern Ramparts, picking out on the exterior the sections of the Herodian Palace we had seen on the interior in the Kishle. We kept heading south on the ramparts, snapped photos of the area we believe to be where Jesus was examined by Pilate at the ‘Gate of the Essenes’ (see Shimon Gibson - ‘The Final Days of Jesus’ pgs 81-106), continued around the corner to the Zion Gate where we exited the Ramparts at the Zion Gate

    It was now a longish walk back to the apartment, but with three diversions. The first of these was a visit to the Nespresso shop in the Mamilla arcade to get one more sleeve of capsules (and enjoy a complimentary iced coffee at the same time). The second diversion was to ‘The Time Elevator’ which is now also in the Mamilla Centre - but they had just had their last session for today so we will hopefully go back sometime in the next few days. The third diversion was to view the so-called ‘Finger of Og’ which is an area of excavation in the Russian quarter. Here, a large pillar for Herod’s Temple was being quarried but was never finished as it had a fault in the stone. It is still a attached to bedrock and is interesting in its own right. Quaries in this higher part of Jerusalem meant that the stones / pillars could be rolled down to the Temple site itself (with engineering help of course).
    The final diversion was to try to pick up some better quality groceries - Loss had found a likely Supermarket but didn’t realise it was in Mea Shearim - so off we went grocery shopping amongst all the Orthodox Jews that inhabit this part of Jerusalem, with wives shielding their husbands’ eyes from Loss dressed in her shorts and short sleeved top.

    The groceries weren’t that great, but better than what we had available at the mini-market nearby so we walked back ‘home’ to start dinner at about 8.15pm.
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  • Day 45

    Shabbat Shalom

    June 10, 2023 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    We really did have a restful start to Shabbat. After a very long day yesterday which ended at nearly 3am today, we both slept in - Loss more so than me as I had to wake her at 11am.

    Being Shabbat, things were very quiet anyway. While Loss was still sleeping I went in search of a mini market to buy some milk. There are several near us but none were open, so a ‘long black’ it was :)
    We eventually made our way down Ben Yehuda Street and found that our favourite non-Kosher restaurant (Zuni) was open so we indulged in a real lunch. Fortified by this and feeling much refreshed after our sleep, we kept walking to the Jaffa Gate via the Mamilla centre. Our one and only plan was to do The Tower of David / Kishle museum which was surprisingly open on Shabbat - I had seen this online before coming.
    Being a bit obssessed with Herod the Great and his building works, I was pretty keen to see this.
    It’s a brand new excavation and exhibition and I was particularly interested to see the excavated base of the Phasael tower which is part of Herod’s palace complex right by the Jaffa gate and has just recently been opened to the public.
    On the way down Hillel street we noted that there is also a new, large museum where we remembered a construction site last time we were here. We saw it was named ‘The Museum of Tolerance’ as we approached it and weren’t quite sure what that meant. However, in the forecourt area is a display of all the Jewish Nobel Prize winners and a brief description of their field of expertise.
    This is exactly what Darren Tappouras was speaking of at the combined day on 14 May (which we had streamed while travelling in the UK) and I have included a video of it.

    Continuing on, its always a thrill to enter the Old City and we immediately found the entrance to the Kishle display just around to the right of the Jaffa gate. The audiovisual displays and artefacts are really excellent and we spent a long time going through these, As there was no signage to the contrary and the staff were unconcerned, we photographed and videoed each one. We then moved outside to the courtyard area (just adjacent to where the night time sound and light shows take place) and found all the relevant excavated walls from Herod’s Palace.
    Eventually we were being chased out by the staff as we had stayed beyond closing time but there is still more to see! Our friendly guy on the Jaffa gate exit said he would let us sneak back in tomorrow to finish this off without having to pay for another entrance fee - as long as he was on duty. We shall see.

    It was then time for a bit of a wander down through the Arab markets; up onto the roof of the markets where all four quarters of the old city can be seen; Western Wall Plaza, which was just starting to come to life as Shabbat was drawing to a close; a bit of a wander around the Jewish Quarter and then back towards the new city still in search of a super (or mini) market that was open. We found one - but they had already sold out of milk.
    No ingredients for self catering tonight, so its off to the YMCA restaurant (opposite the King David hotel) for dinner which we had enjoyed last time when we had stayed there.
    Alas, we arrived at 8.10pm and the kitchen had just closed so we decided we would head down to the Mamilla Centre to find somewhere to eat.
    This plan changed again when we spied the Supermarket across the road had now opened, so we bought some overpriced ingredients for dinner and returned to the apartment.

    Our restful start to Shabbat ended up being quite busy with about 13km of walking which is probably pretty standard for a day in Jerusalem.
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  • Day 338

    Jerusalem, Israel

    April 11, 2023 in Israel ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Jerusalem is a complicated city. We knew this before coming here, but it's still more complicated than we expected. It didn't help that within a week before our visit, tensions started flaring. A raid on an ultra-sared Mosque, Al-Aqsa, caused rocket attacks on Israel for the first time in 10 years. Also four deaths from terror attacks in fairly close proximity (one in Tel Aviv and a family of 3 killed near northern Jordan in the West Bank).

    Jerusalem's old town, is divided into 4 quarters. Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Armenian Christians (mentioned in a previous post). We did not venture into the Muslim quarter much because of high tensions during the week we were there. Our visit coincided with Muslim Ramadan, Jewish Passover, and Christian Easter. This was part of the reason for elevated tensions. We are really good at timing things.

    The most complicated site in the city has to be Temple Mount as it is important to all of the 3 religions that dominate the city. First, Temple Mount is where Abraham, was asked to sacrifice his son to God. Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe in this event, and believe it happened on Temple Mount. Second, King Solomon built a temple around this site. It is considered to be the Holiest site of Judaism. The famous Western Wall or Wailing Wall is the only thing that remains of this temple. Thirdly, Temple Mount, is the site where the Muslim prophet Muhammad ascended into heaven in 621 AD. This makes it the 3rd holiest site in Islam. Today, Muslims control the top of Temple Mount. Built on top of it are the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the shrine of the Dome of the Rock. Israeli forces handle security checkpoints before entering the area, but Jordanian religious authority Waqf controls the site itself. The Jewish population has been able to create a small sanctuary up there. Some of the conservative Jewish population has done up to start praying for God to command them to create a 3rd Temple on this hill. This would probably cause serious disruption to, if not involving destroying the Muslims sites already there. This is often a source of conflict between Israelis and Muslims primarily from Palestine and Jordan, but from other neighboring states as well.

    Besides all that, in certain parts you'd never know there was a conflict at all. Our AirBnB was in a Jewish neighborhood and it was often a party with shops and traditional Jewish music playing at night.
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  • Day 9

    Treffen mit einem messianischen Juden

    October 25, 2019 in Israel ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Mero war ein orthodoxer Jude und ist vor 32 Jahren zum Glauben gekommen. Er ist verantwortlich für den Templerfriedhof und dem Friedhof für erweckte Juden in der deutschen Kolonie Jerusalems. Er hat die Vision von Gott bekommen, die Friedhofsmauer mit biblischen Geschichten zu bemalen bzw. bemalen zu lassenRead more

  • From Cumin to Cardamom

    October 4, 2023 in Israel ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    🌿 Spices add the magic to Israeli cuisine! From zesty za'atar, sumac, cumin, coriander, paprika, tumeric, sesame seeds, cardamom, harissa, pomegrante molasses to tangy sumac, each flavor tells a story. 🌶️ What's your go-to spice in the kitchen? Share below! 🔥 #IsraeliFlavors #SpiceUpYourLife"Read more

  • Day 6

    Jerusalem museum

    September 10, 2023 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    This is a model of the city layout as it was from the years 0 to 100 AD. ( second temple period) This model was constructed one tiny block at a time, taking 4 years to build. The city of David was directly under the front left corner. To preserve David's kingdom they built arches and buried it.Read more

  • Day 11

    Dag 11 - We hadden de benen niet

    August 26, 2023 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Vandaag worden de schaapjes voor het eerst in lange tijd wakker met een zalig gevoel: een lichte kater en grote honger. (Voor de gevoelige lezer: dit betekent dat je blij bent dat je KON drinken de dag ervoor). We trokken de stad in richting een gezellige ontbijtkeet, met een overheerlijke mix van traditionele en westerse gerechtjes. Daarna trokken we als echte toeristen naar de tower of David, een oud fort in de old city. Hier leerde we in een museum enorm veel bij over de rijke geschiedenis van de stad (die 101 keer is overgenomen door jan en alleman) en genoten we van een prachtig uitzicht over de oude stad. Toen we die introkken gingen we eerst nog eens snel naar de heilige Grafkerk, want enkel Robbe mocht gisteren binnen omdat de rest een short aanhad (wederom mochten onze sexy benen niet gezien worden door zo’n heiligheid). Na een vettig droge falafel stootten we op een groot probleem: de Sabbath. Blijkbaar mogen dan enkel Joden binnen in Joodse monumenten. Omdat de Moslims ons ook wilden pesten mochten we hun prachtige moskeeën ook niet in. Volledig verloren, met opgeblazen alcohol benen (nu begrepen we wat fietsers bedoelden met de benen niet hebben), dwaalden we dan maar wat rond, tot er een geloof ons niet in de steek liet: we zagen een cafe!! (Eindelijk eens een thuismatch voor de boys). Na een goede pasta en enkele vazen zijn we de feeststraten ingetrokken, waar we enorm verrast waren van de party-capaciteiten van de Heilige Stad. Naar Belgische gewoonte nog even snel een durum binnen gestoken en dan gaan slapen!
    We leven nog x
    De schapen
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