Day 5
Finally, we had a chance to relax a bit. Shabbat in Jerusalem is a bit like Sunday in a coal mining town. Nothing's open except for synagogues. Since it was Shabbat, and there was nothing planned for the day, we decided to sleep in before going down to breakfast. Afterward we headed out to the hotel pool, where we relaxed for a few hours. After 4 days of running around non-stop, it was wonderful to have a day to ourselves.(Brianne, me and Natalie in Ein Kerem)
In the afternoon we decided to try to explore a bit, and took a cab into an area of town called Ein Kerem. We wandered a bit, before grabbing a snack at one of the few cafes open and willing to use the stove. Since I wasn't that hungry, I grabbed some sorbet, but the others wanted something more substantial.
Like this pizza (which was awesome, by the way). It's one thing to be stuck on a bus with 39 other people, trying to get to know your fellow travelers. It's another to share pizza and laughs. We talked about all sorts of topics over our mid afternoon snack, before calling the cab for our return ride to the hotel.
In the afternoon we decided to try to explore a bit, and took a cab into an area of town called Ein Kerem. We wandered a bit, before grabbing a snack at one of the few cafes open and willing to use the stove. Since I wasn't that hungry, I grabbed some sorbet, but the others wanted something more substantial.
Like this pizza (which was awesome, by the way). It's one thing to be stuck on a bus with 39 other people, trying to get to know your fellow travelers. It's another to share pizza and laughs. We talked about all sorts of topics over our mid afternoon snack, before calling the cab for our return ride to the hotel. After Havdalah, the ceremony to close Shabbat, a group of us made our way into Jerusalem and the famous Ben Yehuda street in search of a very late dinner. Those of you who are close to me will understand the problem when I tell you that by the time we got into town, it was around 9:30. Needless to say I took charge, finding us a great little restaurant off a side street. Good food, several rounds of two truths and a lie, as well as various stories, made for a very fun evening. As for the truths and lies? Let's just say stories about kissing girls, living in a brothel, cop visits colored the dinner conversation. We'll leave it at that.
posted by Erin @ 4:10 PM
3 Comments:
Oh, man! You let virtual strangers see you when you haven't eaten??? And they survived?
Love ya! ;-)
Shannon
Survived? How did they keep up with you getting to the restaurant?
not that well, actually :) I was pretty far ahead of most of them. heck, one was still trying to convince us to keep looking, rather than go to the one I found.
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