jerusalem

We are going to Jerusalem next week and I am reading the Amos Oz novel Tales of Love and Darkness. In Chapter 7 the family walks from Kerem Avraham, a poor neighborhood north of the city center, to Talpiot, an affluent neighborhood outside the city, south of the German Colony. The novel is set...

Wednesday March 4 - Arrival in Tel Aviv. Warm and sunny (70F) but it really cools down at night. We’ve arrived as coronavirus fears grip Israel. They had already closed their borders to several Asian countries. Today people from 5 European countries - France, Germany, Austria, Spain, and...

Walking to Jaffa Gate.

Looking down on Jaffa Gate area.

The walk is very safe with railings along the way.

View across Kinnom Valley to King David Hotel and YMCA Tower.

View to start of Jaffa Road.

16th century family mosque.

Terra Sancta, Holy Land.

View outside the walls.

Domes is distance are Church of Holy Sepulchre with stations of the cross inside.

View of Temple Mount with Mount of Olives behind.

Interesting juices.

Every kind of nuts and dried fruit.

Village Green, vegetarian restaurant.

View of Old City and Kidron Valley.

Caffit, popular restaurant.

French bakery on Emek Refaim.

Supermarket on Emek Refaim.

Beautiful building.