daughter Zion - The Second
I and the other Hobbymaulwuerfe effective for only one full day sightseeing in Jerusalem have the time or have had, we have tried, of course, as soon as possible to get out of bed. So we made shortly before 8 on the way through Jaffa Gate and the Old Town towards the Mount of Olives.
got us there including an overweight Chinese rode on a donkey with a grin towards and shouted "Hosanna, Hosanna!" For all the misery also demanded still smoking like a chimney of the Arabs, who led the visibly overweight and suffering animal heat, by anyone who wanted to photograph this tawdry spectacle NIS 5 ...
also the inspection of the suspected Garden of Gethsemane, which is probably more of a small garden area was pretty disillusioning.
After side trips to the funeral as well as alleged Geburtstaette of Mary, Mother of Jesus, was the Pilgerei me and all the tourist frills but too colorful for the first time and I separated from my group passed the Herod's Gate, and sought refuge in the grave yard. With almost certainly, these are neither to the authentic grave nor the Kreuzigungsstaette Jesus (also similar when the nearby hills, in fact, a skull - but do first, it is only from a certain perspective, and secondly, in view the fact that the site 2000 years ago was a quarry still very doubtful whether he even then it looked), but the staff there are so much more sociable and the atmosphere pleasant than to lengths in the Holy Sepulchre.
most notable is probably also still my visit to the so-called Zedekiah Cave, which probably came from the huge stone blocks that were used to build the second and possibly even the first Temple. This was the historical center, a huge cave about 230 m wide dug into the rock. What happened to me, however, was this: when I was - all alone - about 200 m had gone far, went out for some reason the light ... I already asked me whether I was probably also, much like Jeremiah, would lock up in this cave, but thanks be to God were then but two young men, who repaired the lights so that I could find the way back.
This evening for me is essentially still writing postcards on the program, but since I am now quite exhausted, and that's enough.
So then, tired Wishes!
Magnus
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