Today was our last full day in
Jerusalem. We didn’t have too many plans. We did go to see the Garden of
Gethsemane Church. It was filled with tourists (by this point I am almost sick
and tired of tourists and tour groups! They are every-I guess we are ones too,
but still, there are people everywhere!) Anyways, we seen an area fenced off
with the olive trees where Jesus was arrested. We also tried to find the 24/7
house of prayer. For an hour we walked the wrong way (totally my fault, I
didn’t really know where to go). But then we did find the right place – or so
we think- but it was locked- so much for 24/7! It must have been closed because
of the Shabbat. So that was a futile walk- and I was pretty worn out- so we
went back to our hostel for a rest. I had a nap and then went for a run. I ran
up and down the subway-train track since there were no trains because of the
Sabbath. It was like a ghost town. There was some Jews walking to Synagogue and
the Wailing wall and some tourists, but nothing was open. We fasted today, so
there was no need to look for food shops- since most were closed! We drank a
lot of juice (and I had chocolate milk, and tea). We went for one last walk
through the Old City, bought some fresh mint to make some tea, and then headed
back to our hostel. We watched a movie and went to bed early. I awoke to some
young guys somewhere near our hostel that were yelling (probably drunk, but
Arabs are notoriously loud anyways, and there are many Arabs in the area) and
they were also singing. I fell back to sleep and tried to get my “beauty”
sleep.
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