While out on my morning walk, I had a spontaneous decision to take the bus to Jerusalem. So I walked down and got coffee at the Latroun petrol station. I then took the new minibus service bus 430 from the junction to its end stop at the National Insurance Agency.
I walked from West Jerusalem through the Nachlaot area and down Jaffa Road to Jaffa Gate, the entrance to the old city. At the gate I noticed a sign “Ramparts Walk”, so I paid 12 sheqels for a ticket and walked all the way around the walls to Lions’ Gate, where the walkway ends.
So I descended and took the via Dolorosa back towards Jaffa Gate; I more or less know how to negotiate the maze of streets by now, so that wasn’t too hard. On the way I sat down for a pizza; quite a good one, in a tiny restaurant that reminded me a little of the Blue Lassi place in Varanasi.
Once back on Jaffa Road I took the tram, or light rail back to the bus station, returned to Latroun and walked back up the hill towards home.
———-I was not overly tired, but had a shower and a good rest. Thanks to D for hanging my laundry – I had dropped it into the machine before deciding on the day’s adventure. All along the way I was taking pictures – a couple have been included. The rest are here.
Links of the Day
Jewish settlers erect religious school in evacuated West Bank outpost after Israel repeals ban
Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank said Monday they erected a religious school in a dismantled outpost after Israel’s government lifted a ban on settlements in several evacuated areas in the northern part of the territory.
Government members praised the new construction. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a key government member and a settler himself, said it was “an exciting historic moment.”
The fediverse in Hebrew: a good explanation, with important links and servers: digitalwords.net/tech/fediverse