In His Footsteps: Old City Fun!

Today was an amazing day in the Old City! We explored lots of new places and tasted new foods. I had a delicious Falafel and yummy pomegranate/orange/carrot juice! We spent time in the Jewish quarter, which I really enjoyed. We also spent time in western Jerusalem and saw people preparing for Sukkot, the feast of the tabernacle. We walked through a fleet market, which was quite the experience. Lot’s of smells, food, treats, and people.

The highlight of my day happened in the Old City. I was shopping around art shops with two of my friends. We went into one of them and started talking with the store owner. He asked where we were from and we told him we are from the United States, studying at the “Mormon University” (which is what everyone calls the Jerusalem Center here). He talked with us for a few more minutes, then we went into another section of his store. Soon after, he came into that section of the store and asked if he could share a story with us. He told us that another customer had come up to him and said, “Hey, there are three girls in your store. Aren’t you worried they might steal something? Shouldn’t you be watching them?” He replied, “Oh no, I’m not worried. They’re Mormons. They wouldn’t steal.” Words cannot express how good it felt to hear him say that. It is experiences like these that make it all worth it!

Me and Jane eating our falafels

Caralee and me in front of the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock

Jewish Quarter

Don't be deceived, these "pillows" are rock hard and are randomly spread throughout this park.

These bikes make the things on top move (the flowers come out of the pot, the drumsticks hit the drums, etc). Pretty cool! These are in west Jerusalem.