Museums, markets and getting ready for Shavuot

Guest Blogger: Eli

Today was our fourth day in Israel and was exciting too. The day started out when we woke up at 8:30 to get ready for today's sights, the Israel Museum, the Market, and a drink at the King David Hotel. We jumped into Ikey's van at around 9:00 and drove off to the Israel Museum. Before we got there, Ikey talked to us about Israeli politics in Bethlehem. We pulled over halfway to the Museum, and Ikey let us see a great view of Bethlehem. After that, we drove over to the Museum. While we were there, we saw an amazing model of what Jerusalem looked like during the Second Temple Period. Next, we moved onto the Museum Garden. In the museum garden, there were many unique sculptures. The picture for today is Eli, Orly, and Bram standing in front of one of sculptures. The sculpture they were standing on spelled out the word ahava, or love in hebrew letters. Then, we moved on to see the Dead Sea Scrolls which were found by a boy who was looking for his goat near the Dead Sea. The building the scrolls were held in was shaped like the top of a jar, like the one that they found the scrolls in and had water splashing on it. It was really cool. Once we stepped inside the building, we saw artifacts and scrolls that dated back around 2000 years ago. It was amazing. Once we were done, we had lunch at the museum. It comprised of soda and sandwiches. After that, we left the museum and drove to the market. Since Shavuot started tonight, we had to get food for the weekend. Let me tell you, the market was busy. We had to squeeze through everyone and sellers were shouting out deals everywhere. I have to say though, it was busy, but there was everything you needed in about a square mile or less. There were shops selling spices, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, and so much more! After we were done shopping we drove to our apartment and had dinner. Dinner was made up of bread with butter, salad, cheese, cheese blintzes, olives, radishes, and pickels. It was delicious! Next, we walked over to the King David Hotel. We each got a drinks and sat down and looked at the Old City which was illuminated. It was beautiful. Once we had our drinks, we walked back to the apartment, put together a puzzle, and went to sleep.