My route for this january weekend was flying to Tel Aviv, transfer to and visit Jerusalem, visit Palestine, back to Tel Aviv and have a visit and then and back home.
26.1.2017 - Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Immigration after arriving in Tel Aviv was not that worse as expected, even though, after exiting the plane and walking towards passport control, I was stopped by police and got asked why I am in Israel and what my intentions are :)
Immediately transfered from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, where I will stay until saturday morning and then back to Tel Aviv.
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Dont remember the name of the castle, but it was close to the ultra orthodox jewish area, where i wanted to visit first. |
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Arrived in the orthodox jewish area. They were all preparing already for their "weekend" called Shabbat and this starts on friday afternoon when the sun goes down. |
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Felt like I was on some kind of carnival and was hesitating with making pictures. They dont really like being photographed and also tell this directly. |
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I could not figure out if some of them were wearing fake hair and beards. |
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Due to that poster on the top of the house, I guess tourists were walking here in large groups and making photos of the people as if they were some kind of zoo. |
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The man on the left spotted me making photos and even shouted from far away and everybody was looking at me. I didnt understand what he said, but stopped until he was too far away to hear :) |
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Found out that the way jews are placing books has some specific order and one is, that books have to always resting facing up. |
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It was busy in every book store. Probably because there is not much else allowed on Shabbat, except reading ? :) |
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In these "clothes" stores everybody should find a perfectly fitting hat (Kippah). |
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As I found out, orthodox jews do not use internet and if, only some specific jewish sites. |
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The Jerusalem Night market. |
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This is Yafo Street, the walking street with a tram line that drives near to the Old town. |
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Inside the old town. The Tower of David. |
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No, its not evening. The dark weather is a strong storm that even broke my umbrella. |
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This is inside the Jerusalem Old Town. Here are all the main attractions and sights of Jerusalem. |
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Inside Jesus is burried. When making the photo i didnt know that, so didnt go inside:). But went back there in the evening. |
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Inside the walls on the left is the Old town. |
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View towards Western Wall and the Temple Mount. |
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Temple Mount on the left with the golden roof. Western Wall on the right. |
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The Western Wall. |
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Jews are praying towards the wall. They rock back and forth :) |
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Israel army |
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View from the top of the old town wall. |
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Dont know the name of this, but it looks nice. |
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This is the room where Jesus had his famous "Last supper" |
In the evening I went back to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place where Jesus is burried.
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On this "stone" Jesus was prepared for his burial. |
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Nuns are crawling around and praying. |
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Fascinating roof in this church! |
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Inside this small chapel is the place where Jesus is burried. Its only about 3-4 square meters, so I had to wait until the chinese tourist was finished praying inside. |
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Below this stone plate is the coffin of Jesus. |
28.1.2017 - Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
This early morning I left Jerusalem and drove with a small shuttle bus (the so called sherut), back to Tel Aviv. Tomorrow my flight will depart from there. I had to share the shuttle with people that probably were refugees, but I didnt mind in that situation as this was the only transportation that drives during Shabbat. Also the driver himself looked like a typical Taliban stereotype and in addition the way he spoke on the phone made me think, that he will kidnapp the all the passengers:). But a few hours later I arrived in Tel Aviv.
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The area was a bit quiet for Tel Aviv, the "busy city". But its normal - its Shabbat. |
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It was getting time to find a restaurant for lunch as I didnt have breakfast. But so far I figured out, all "normal" restaurants and shops are closed during Shabbat. |
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No open restaurants here |
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No open restaurants there. No open restaurants anywhere. Shabbat lasts until this late saturday evening, then everything opens again. |
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View on the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Everything is closed during Shabbat. I was hungry and could not find any restaurant. I read about Shabbat but didnt expect that it is really like this. Where do tourists eat on Shabbat? |
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No people around, everything is shut down. For a tourist Shabbat feels like the day before Apocalypse :) |
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In some side street I finally found an open restaurant and got some very delicious pasta carbonara :) |
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The Rothschild Avenue. When its not Shabbat, this street is the place to find food. But it is Shabbat today :) |
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Entering the district south of Tel Aviv. The area called Jaffa, its the old town of modern Tel Aviv. |
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I bet, if its not Shabbat, this place must be great to sit and drink coffee. |
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In Jaffa all religions are present. |
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View from Jaffa towards Tel Aviv. |
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View towards modern Tel Aviv. |
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View towards Jaffa. |
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