Last Thursday my father and I went on a trip to the beautiful capital of Israel- Jerusalem.
We started the day in Mahane Yehuda Market, where there are more than 250 vendors who sell fresh fruits and vegetables, cheeses, baked pastries, fish, meat, nuts, seeds, wines and liquors, clothes, shoes and housewares.
As a fruit lover, I particularly enjoy the wide selection of fruits offered for sale in the market.
In and around the market you can find falafel, shawarma, kebab, kanafeh, baklava and halva stands, juice bars, cafes, and restaurants.
The color and bustle of the marketplace is accentuated by vendors who call out their prices to passersby.
Moreover, there are graffiti and flowers in the market.
Later, we went to Mamilla Mall, which is also known as Alrov Mamilla Avenue.
This is an upscale shopping street and the only open-air mall in Jerusalem.
Located northwest of Jaffa Gate, the mall consists of a 2,000-foot pedestrian promenade called Alrov Mamilla Avenue lined by 140 stores, restaurants,cafes and office space on upper floors. The Mamilla Mall opened in 2007 and is designed similar to the historic Mamilla neighborhood – namely, masonry-block construction and a predominance of arches.
I like Mamilla Avenue- the shops, the cafes and the architecture.
If you visit there, I recommend you to sit at Rimon cafe, where there is delicious food.
From Mamilla Avenue, we went to the Old City, which contains several sites of key religious importance, such as the Temple Mount and Western Wall.
We went to the Western Wall, an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
This is the most religious site in the world for the Jewish people.
Thousands of people journey to the wall every year to visit and recite prayers.
These prayers are either spoken or written down and placed in the cracks of the wall.
The wall is divided into two sections, one area for males and the other for females.
It is one of the major highlights in any tour of the Old City.
We also visited the Jewish Quarter, which is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. I enjoyed walking among the alleys and looking at the ancient buildings.
Afterwards, we went to the promenade of the Nitziv Palace, which is the name of three promenades located in south-east Jerusalem.
The promenade offers spectacular panoramic views of the Old City, the Mount of Olives, the Judean Desert and parts of the city's west.
The nickname of the promenades is due to their proximity to the British Custodian's palace.
The view from the promenade is amazing, so I recommend to stop there for observation and photography.
