Today after breakfast we took off for the Market Yehuda, which is a very big food, kitchen, clothing, everything market on several streets. Then we took off for the government buildings. We went first to the Crown Plaza hotel and got some information and then went to the Supreme Court building for an English tour. It was just wonderful, really interesting in a wonderful new building. Our tour guide was fabulous.
We then went through some beautiful rose gardens down to he Knesset (Parliament), but it was closed. By then I was starving, so we went to the museum cafe for some lunch. Then we went to the Hebrew University. It was a very nice walk around. After the university, we went back to the hotel to get the car to drive to the Haddassah Hospital to see some windows created by Marc Chagall for the hospital. We drove out west of the Jerusalem into a sort of suburb. We found the hospital, which was huge, and I finally jumped out of the car to find the windows, and they are closed until May 21. We then went to visit the town in which the hospital is located, and we had a wonderful time visiting. It is called Ein Kerem, and it is quite beautiful. We visited on church and photographed another with gold domes, and we walked through beautiful streets.
Once we got home we were exhausted. So we went out and bought falafel for us all, and now we are at the internet cafe writing this!
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bengoldstein/sets/72157624006318934/
Fascinating to see these things through your eyes, we will have a lot to talk about when you return. How come no pix from Jerusalem? Hi to Kristin.
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