The Old City

Thursday we took a tour through the Old City with Yael’s class. An archaeologist led us, so it was a different perspective than we received during the tour with Eric’s group. We were able to get up to the Mount of Olives this time (we weren’t during Eric’s trip due to some civil unrest). And since it was a Thursday, rather than the Muslim Holy Day of Friday, we were able to get close to the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsr mosque.
This time, I placed a prayer (a peace prayer written in Arabic) in the Western (Wailing) Wall.
For dinner, we went to the Cinematheque, which will soon be featuring the Israeli Film Festival. For dinner, I had some very yummy pasta pomodoro. And then Yael embarrassed me thoroughly by ordering dessert for my birthday. Most of the class is going to Tel Aviv for the weekend, so we won’t be together on Saturday night (my actual birthday). The tiramisu came out with a sparkler in it. Quite fun (and very delicious).