Friday is a very busy day in Jerusalem. Later I will go to the hospital to visit the wounded, however for now Jerusalem is waking up and there is no better time of the day to see and smell the flavour of the city.
We start off in Machane Yehuda, the world famous open-air market where you can buy the freshest meat, fish, vegetables along with twenty varieties of herring. Mounds of fresh spices greet you as you enter the spice market. If you’re in the mood to give Tzedaka, you don’t have to look any farther than the Pushkes mounted on the walls throughout the city. Then off to buy fresh Challah for Shabbat. It is hard not to buy an extra one to sample right now, they smell so good.
On the way you can get a sense of how Israeli’s park; and we thought in Montreal we parked poorly!
The streets are alive with the sounds of construction, shopping, children going off to school, men walking towards Shul and the hustle and bustle of the most special city in the world – Yerushalyim Shel Zahav – Jerusalem, the City of Gold.
