There is a saying that you eat your way through Israel. That is exactly what we did this morning. Nadav, our tour guide walked us through Machan Yehuda teaching us about different foods and the history of the people who own the shops. We tasted Kurdish Grape Leaves, Georgian Khachapuri which is a cheese dish, similar to pizza, Syrian lamb pita and beef pita (similar to hamburgers), laffa but in Jerusalem it has a different name which means life of the oven, then we had açaí smoothie and shots of various health juices. Our tour continues with cheeses, spices, beer, candy (just a bonus for the kids), chocolates, and finally ending with unique ice cream. I tasted Matcha, chai masala, and wasabi!
After a brief rest our day resumed with another incredible experience. We went on the tunnel tours of the Western Wall. The Kotel is only a small piece of what remains of the western wall. Most of the wall is underground. As we descended further and further we walked beneath the old city, along the remaining wall. At one point the wall was underground, made of the bedrock, etched to look like the wall above. The next time we come, even more will be excavated.
On our way back we noticed a huge commotion the Kotel Plaza. We were lucky to see the swearing in of the new Police. We stopped to watch in awe of this event. (Pics above)
Finally Glenn brought us to a secret rooftop above a hostel where we had the perfect vantage point of the whole city.
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