Theres so much to see in Jerusalem, that it would be impossible to see it all in one day. I went with friends to explore that Old City, which has a labyrinth of small streets with vendors yelling at you. Never look at one of them or look into their stores. They will never leave you alone until you walk so far that you can’t hear them calling. However, bargaining is really easy. For the most part all you have to do is walk about four steps away and they lower the price about 30 shekels. Everything is usually pretty expensive initially, since a lot of the stores are meant for tourists, especially near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The Church is a very uninteresting from the outside, and without the sign and the tourists, It would be really easy to pass by. The Wailing Wall was much more impressive, and there, and there is something that says you’re in an important place by having your bag searched and being required to go through a metal detector. We actually got to see the paratroopers practicing for their initiation, which was really cool, before going on to actually seeing the Wall. The women’s section is about a quarter the size of the men’s , which is interesting, but to be expected. I was able to get rather close to the wall, but as I was kinda underdressed in jeans, and as I didn’t exactly know what to do, it seemed like the best thing to stay a few yards away. It was a fascinating experience, but I barely scratched the surface of the Old City.
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