More Jerusalem Touring

Yesterday was jam packed. Before we got on our way though, we needed more clothes. See, Israel in the summer for those who aren't sure, is very very hot. And one tends to perspire. Often. Because of this, clothes tend to get rather smelly and become in desperate need of a wash. I know, I know. Foreign concept.

But so the first task of the day was to get those clothes clean! So we dropped them off at a laundry service down the street. We'll have to pick them up later because today we're going to be gone to Hevron all day today ... but that is another blog for later. Focusing back on yesterday ....

Anyhoosilbees, once we dropped off the laundry, we decided to get Joni more clothes. Why? Because I needed them, darn it! Before we left for Israel, we went clothes shopping. But I couldn't really find any tznious clothes, let alone ones adept for this hot weather. We found plenty of clothes for the hubbie though and once they finally came in his lost luggage, he's been set ever since. I, on the other hand, put pretty much everything I had in the wash.

We went to the Machne Yehudah shuk again (since it's right down the street from our apt) and shopped a bit for clothes. I found some lovely skirts and some shirts and I'm very pleased. Still need more shirts though, but I'm happy for now. Check out one of my stylin' new outfits!

(Ignore the garbage in the background)

We also got some eggs at the shuk so I could boil them and take them along as snacks. Moving right along, we made our way once again to the Old City. We walked around for a bit and tried to find the Burnt House Museum. While trying to find it, we ran into an old friend of ours, who moved to Israel, Jake Lapp! It was great to see him! We chatted for a bit and exchanged info and, G-d willing, we'll having him over for Shabbos at some point before we leave Israel.

Back to the task at hand, once agian, we found the Burnt House. Unfortunately, it was closed because of some unexpected issue. So we tried to go to a different museum. It didn't open until around the time our tour of the tunnels started. So then we went over to this small "museum" that we'd gone into once to ask directions. It is called the King David Museum. The two men inside were dressed in biblical gear.

Turns out, from talking to the man from Arkansas (to the right), they believe this is how one should dress and do so all the time. They were really nice though. The Arkansas guy took us on a tour of the museum which included old prints of the Sefer Tehillim. It also told about David's geneology and the story of his life. We even watched a short video about Kind David and another one about his harp. It was very interesting. But the guys in the museum were a little nuts, let's put it that way. Basically, he moved to Israel from America to devote his life to preparing for the messiah. So, like, they were sorta part of a cult. But, again, very nice guys. The other guy was Israeli (to Mike's left). It was really neat to hear the Arkensas guy speak because of his cool accent, especially when he pronounced hebrew words.

Michael got a nice picture with them and then we were on our way again. This time, to the tunnel tour.

The tour was awesome! Really neat stuff. Basically, it took us to the ground level of the 2nd Temple's time and the real floor of the kotel. Also, it took us to the closest place we can get to the Holy of Holies. Here's some photographs:


After the tour, we were pretty tired. We sat on the steps near the kotel and rested for a bit before heading home. It was about 9pm when we got back and I pretty much passed out because I was hot and tired. All and all, it was a great day. Today, we're heading on an all-day tour to Hevron and Kever Rochel. Change of scenery will prove nice! Late'