These City Walls

We finally made it to the Old City! The day began by taking two buses to meet our tour guide at the Mamila Mall. From the moment we met her, she engaged both Millie and Aviva and knew exactly how to keep things moving so a 7 and a 3 year old barely knew that they were walking around in the heat for four hours (well, Aviva was mostly in her stroller). She took us through the Jaffa Gate, walked through the Jewish Quarter, stopped for falafel and pizza (Aviva is not ready to try falafel yet), visited the Kotel (Western/Wailing Wall), and then walked through the City of David — which included a great 3-D movie!

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As part of the City of David tour, we went all the way down to the tunnels. There is a wet tunnel, where there is water flowing and you walk in water that can be waist high….we did not do that one! But we did go through the dry tunnel and it was great. Both girls loved it, even though at first it was a bit scary for them.

In the afternoon, after a short rest, we ventured out again to meet Noa and her daughters and the kids played for two hours at a neighborhood playground.

By the time we got home again, it was a full day and everyone collapsed!