O JERUSALEM!
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim, in Hebrew) King David proclaimed Jerusalem to be the capital of the State of Israel, its seat of government, and the holiest city in Judaism. It is also Israel's largest and most populated city.
How does a person start in talking of Jerusalem, I tell you the truth, I am humbled just to say I was there, what a life altering experience it was for both Jennie and I,
Our trip started out this way, our host needed to go into work this day, but he had arranged for a friend of his who drives a taxi in Tel Aviv to come down and take us anywhere we wanted to go, Jacob, the taxi owner did not feel all that comfortable with his English so he had his 34 year old daughter Uli, take a day off of work and be our translator, Uli worked as a Event coordinator for Jewish comedians.
We started out real early this day and headed southeast towards Jerusalem, 95 miles away. Jacob was what they called a "Religious Man" He and I enjoyed several religious conversations and discussions.
Jerusalem sits on top of a high mountain the climb up to it was long, (26) I noticed some old 1960's type of military vehicles situated in the middle divider of the 4 lane highway, of course I had to ask. Jacob told us that these vehicle were actually used in the recapture of Jerusalem in the 1967 6 Day War and they have been left there as a physical and visual memorial. WOW!,
(27) This was our first sight of Jerusalem (28) the first place we stopped was a market place, in the modern city of Jerusalem outside of the "Old City."
Following are some of the sights, people and architecture of the city, (29) Entering the Food Court the air was filled with strange and exotic smells and sights my eyes have never beheld.
