This morning after a better hotel breakfast than the the last one we set out with our suitcases down to the parking garage where we had left our car the night before. En route we passed my mums great aunt’s old house which is kinda in ruins now but that was quite amazing for her because she used to stay there when she lived in Israel 20 years ago.

We drove and parked under the council buildings and then made our way to Alatefer The Museum on the Seam which is a gallery of art about coexisitance and promoting peace and justice. The exhibit we saw was called Bare Life and has some really awesome pieces – mostly multimedia.

After the museum we made our way into the heart of the shuk (market) in the old city of Jerusalem via the Jaffa gate and soon got buried deep inside the myriad of cobblestoned lanes and alleys. Theres no real way to describe this shuk but its world famous and there are many people roaming around and many slick salespeople calling you their friend and asking where your from and what your looking for. Mum loves a good haggle and we roamed around abit looking at scarfs and other bits and pieces. You really need hours to search this place its just awesome. For lunch we eventually found a hummus place we were recommended and sat down to eat. I can’t explain how good it was. Actually. It was amazing. Best hummus I think I’ve had in Israel so far (and I’ve had alot.) I basically died.

On the way out we bought a few things and did a bit of haggling to get prices down then we went back to our car and started our drive back to Rekhovot. We got stuck in traffic and it took hours then I got lost trying to find Rekhovot. It was bad.

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