Some pictures of our day in Jerusalem

Here are a few more pictures of our life in Jerusalem. 
On Saturday night after a busy day, the volunteers get together and 'eat out' at one of the local restuarants.  This past Saturday we went to a restaurant that we had gone to when we were here last time, and Don was excited to go back.  They have Hawaiian pizza, but not the same toppings as we have in Canada.  Because they don't have pork in Israel, they substitute strips of roast beef for the ham.  Don enjoyed every bite.  I had a mushroom fettucine with tomato sauce.  It was also very good.

On Sunday, we decided to walk thru the Old City - going nowhere in particular, just walking up and down the streets.  We eventually arrived in the Jewish quarter where we sat in the square and watched the different people walk by. I should explain that the Old city is made up of 4 quarters - one is the Armenian quarter, one the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter and the Jewish Quarter.  They are all different and yet similiar.  You can often tell the quarters by what they are selling in their little shops.  The Christian quarter will be a little quieter in some areas and I find the vendors are not quite as pushy as the vendors in the Muslim quarter.  The Via Dolorosa goes thru the Muslim Quarter and the Christian Quarter so there are always groups of people on  that route as they stop at the different 'stations of the cross.'  Many of the shops in the Christian quarter will be selling the Catholic rosaries, and more of the olive wood souvenirs of Jesus on the cross, nativity sets, etc.  As you walk up and down the streets you see the stores that sell candy and toys, other streets have bedding and kitchen towels, other streets will have mostly souvenirs, and in the Muslim quarter lots of scarves and clothing for the moslem women.  We usually enter the old city by the Damascus Gate where children are always running around, and the vendors are yelling in Arabic or Hebrew to come and buy their fruits or vegetables.  I'm hoping to get a video of it so you can hear first hand the commotion.   As we enter the Damascus Gate, the women are selling their fresh vegetables.

As we start down the street in the Muslim Quarter

Pomegranates, oranges, lemons and limes for fresh squeezed juice.

Candies, candies, candies - most of them sitting in open boxes

Here are a few of the people we saw as we sat in the Jewish quarter.  Men and women of the army!

Orthodox Jews

Jeiwsh women getting together

This man was asking for money

The streets in the old city

And lots more pomegranates!

Hope you enjoy the pictures.