On Tuesday we took the bus to Jerusalem. We went to our hotel and then headed to the Old City of Jerusalem. We had lunch there and then started exploring. First we went through long alleys called the Arab Market. I bought a red sweatshirt that says Coca Cola in Hebrew. The alleys were narrow and seemed to go on forever. It would be easy to get lost in there. One alley had food shops. The smell was bad, especially the butcher shop.

We went to the Western Wall next. There were lots of people saying prayers and putting little pieces of paper in the wall. It was interesting to see. After that, we went to visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It has the tomb where Jesus was buried after he died and many other special places where he was. There were lots of people there too.

After that, we were tired and went back to the hotel. We had Indian food again (same restaurant, different town) and went to bed.

On Wednesday morning we met up with our cousin Ezra and my Grandma Rachel. I went with Grandma Rachel to visit some other cousins the Katzmans while Mom, Dad and Hannah went to visit Yad Vashem. Grandma Rachel and I arrived at the Katzmans and I got to meet everybody. We had lunch which was pizza and then I played all afternoon. They even get to jump rope in their living room! I played with Aaron David and all of his sisters that afternoon. I had fun with them. Later my Mom and Dad and Hannah arrived and we went to see their Dad, Trevor at his office. We had dinner together and went on some rides (a UFO!) and then made our way back to Rehovot to the Steinmetz’ where we are staying.