(From class Wednesday, June 30)
After a shortened class with Yael on Wednesday, we took a field trip to Meah Shearim and Machane Yehudah. In the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood, we saw the “penguins” (as described by the cab driver) and where they lived. A particularly memorable sign in Hebrew stated that Zionists could not walk down a certain street. Close to the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood is an incredibly beautiful Ethiopian church. And close to that is the Anna Ticho house, a nice restaurant is surrounded by a beautiful and quiet garden. Anna is a famous watercolorist whose work is featured in the building and on the restaurant placemats. They have jazz nights and other live music fairly regularly. We stopped for a drink and I got a mango milkshake (but I have yet to find some honest-to-goodness fresh mango juice like they have in Egypt). We ended the day in the outdoor market, where Lauren and I bought some mangos (!) and enjoyed the sights and smells.
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