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| Reflecting on my lovely day in Jerusalem's Old City. Yes, that's me! |
Yesterday I was in Jerusalem, the downtown area, and between two appointments, I found myself with time on my hands, so I decided to take a walk. I also had paid for the "new""one day bus pass," so I also knew that I could always take a bus to my second appointment without paying for another fare. Actually, if I didn't use it during my break, it wouldn't have paid for me to have spent the NS6.50. And I did need to burn calories, so a nice walk was a good idea.
I started my walk near the Mamilla Mall and decided to go to the Old City. I was surprised to see a new tourist/visitor attraction, a bus/train.
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| HOME Returning to Gush Katif |
When I entered, I began my usual route, to the right along the walls, but then I turned around to go through the shuq, the way I used to go when we lived in there. Walk straight down David Street, and then make a right on Rechov Hayehudim (Jews Street.)
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| Approaching our old home in the Old City. |
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| Yes, this is it! |
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| Here it is from the other side. Maon Betar it was called in the early 1970's. |
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| There weren't any Jewish stores when we lived there. |
That took me to the bus, which I took to King George Street, the center of town for my next appointment. I was amazed how quick the trip was.
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| If there had been a bus like this #38, when we had lived in the Old City, I could have finished ulpan and learned Hebrew much better. In the rainy winter of 1970-71, pregnant, too, I found it much too difficult to get to my ulpan classes in Beit Ha'Am and ended up quitting. Today's bus has a stop a minute from where we lived in Maon Betar to a two minute walk from Beit Ha'Am. |
