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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL'S OLD CITY (not what we expected)

Jun 08, 2021
we are sweet we have been traveling the world full time since 2016 and we are currently in our 96th country, Israel, last night we took a bus from Tel Aviv to the amazing

city

of Jerusalem. Wow, I can't believe we're finally here. in Jerusalem, the most religious, sacred and historically significant place in the entire world. If we're completely honest, we've been very nervous making this video because we know it's going to be impossible to do justice to this

city

, a place with so much history, especially. disputed history, it will be impossible to scratch the surface in one day, so if you want thousands of years of history, explain to yourself this is not the right video, but if you want to see

what

you can experience as a tourist in one day in Jerusalem.
jerusalem israel s old city not what we expected
Let's start our morning here in Jerusalem at the Temple Mount because it's only open a few hours a day and it's one of the holiest places in both Islam and Judaism, making it one of the most controversial religious sites in the world. For the Jews it is the area where the second temple is built which is the most sacred temple in all of Judaism, as far as the Jews are concerned it is the most sacred place in the entire world and for the Muslims it is where the prophet Muhammad ascended to the heaven making It is one of the three holiest sites in Islam, however, the Dome of the Rock, the mosque-like building with the golden dome that sits in the middle of the Temple Mount, is actually an Islamic shrine and If you are not Muslim, you are not allowed. enter or enter and the interesting thing is that although it is the holiest place in all of Judaism, Jews are not actually allowed to pray or worship there, so the western wall used to surround the Temple Mount and now there is only a small section of left and Jews are not allowed to pray inside the Temple Mount.
jerusalem israel s old city not what we expected

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This is the closest they can get to where they are allowed to worship, so you can stand here and watch from these platforms like we are doing or you can go. inside and I'm actually going to touch the wall or pray or write a letter, as long as the men have their heads covered and the women like that, the men and the women are separated as far as they are allowed to pray, although I also care and both We just went our separate ways and went down and touched the walls and just experienced

what

was going on down there and apparently had very different experiences.
jerusalem israel s old city not what we expected
The women are all very serious and many of them are crying. There are some people like you taking selfies. No I don't know if they are tourists or not, but it is a very calm and serious vibe. I mean, the men sway and pray but there is no crying. Attention came back and he said: I felt weird being down there with everyone crying like, what are you? Speaking of which, I want to say, it is quite incredible that as the most important place for praying and the Jewish religion, anyone can go there and be a part of it, besides praying and reading at the Western Wall, it is traditional to write a prayer and stick it in the crack and you can write it on anything, a gum wrapper or notebook paper, and anyone can do it, but it's against Jewish law to throw any of them away, so we were wondering how we weren't just waist-deep in paper and Then we saw people sweep them up and put them in garbage bags, but we discovered that they don't actually throw them away, but rather take them to the Mount of Olives to be buried in the Jewish cemetery, another thing that was quite fascinating.
jerusalem israel s old city not what we expected
It was the contrast between last night and then like today in the middle of the day when all the tourists are there, the hotel they are staying in is actually inside the old city walls and is only about a hundred meters away from the western wall, so as soon as we checked in last night, we went there and felt like we were the only people there not wearing full Orthodox Jewish dress. It felt like a much more authentic experience now that we're on our way to the It's so fun to walk through the city of Lions Gate and it feels like you're walking through history, but it's not easy to navigate, it's just made up of all these little hallways and then like you're in this huge horde of tourists the next minute like you're alone I'm not even sure we're going the right way the best falafel in town I mean this morning I got a message on Instagram and someone He said we have to go. get this guy's falafel with this guy's photo made you falafel and we just walked by this stall and first we thought ooh this smells really good and we looked and I said hey guys I'm pinching this morning so shake it up. my dad is a popular guy they look amazing he gave everyone in line a sample of his falafel it really is a kid's thing a hundred years ago elephant in the old city year and he's a businessman I'm a cheap price and all the time it's happy he is very happy i will smile sorry amazing so many flavors come out at the same time but they are beautiful roasted vegetables fries pickled salad hot sauce techne some hummus and the best academic brunches he makes the best yes my name is dad did I mention the clean MIT MIT like a special handle, all Vizia?
So if you want to find the falafel guy you have to go to the Muslim neighborhood. The old city is actually divided into four different neighborhoods, so we left the Jewish one. When we left the western wall, we made our way into the Muslim quarter and then there is also a Christian quarter and an Armenian quarter, so we ended up in this alliance game, which is one of the entrances to the old city, but the reason why We have come here and the reason why this specific door is important is because it is the beginning of the Via Dolorosa, which translates as the path of pain because Christians believed that this was the path that Jesus walked carrying his cross. on the way to his crucifixion, so as Christians, this is definitely the most surreal moment of being in Jerusalem so far, growing up reading the Bible, hearing the stories of Jesus and literally walking the same path he walked on the way to his crucifixion, it's really difficult to accept.
Yes, it's definitely a heavy feeling here, but at the same time this road seems like any other road, like you don't know you're selling sunglasses and souvenirs and it shows how complicated things are here because, like us, I've been walking along this way, we've been listening to this at the same time, like it really helps you take it all in. I mean, it's just another road in the old city, there are some signs and we looked up like a walking guide showing that there are like 15 stops that are really important in the New Testament, so we were at some of them, but At this point Jesus lost his balance, fell and grabbed this part of the wall.
They all come and land so the road ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and it's a bit like a madhouse. This is probably the most sacred site in the Christian religion because there are two very important things inside and we are going to do. try our best to get in I don't see a clear path, yes here we go, we are trying to get to the place where Jesus will be nailed to the cross crucified, but I can't even see it, there are so many, I feel like that. It's supposed to be a really spiritual experience, but for some reason I'm having trouble being in the moment, I really enjoy it, it's really hot up here and it also smells like a long face, it plays a lot, boring.
I'm not going to go to the photo with experience. so you climb into this little box to see the hole where the cross was sent, which is a pretty amazing experience, but it's also extremely disorganized. Finally it was a guy with a beard who came in and started telling everyone that two seconds without a photo and we made it up. There, this is one of those places where it is worth getting up early to come. This is cash, so after Jesus was crucified, they later anointed him on this stone with ulcers and wrapped him in a cloth, so a lot of people are bringing laws that are soaked in oil and brother, let's rock , so it is very oily.
People are praying too. I have seen some scriptures written and some prayers. We're not quite sure why I think we're going to get out of here. We found a way. without people in it, this is one of those moments when suddenly it's just us free, in five minutes we'll be back on earth again, we try to get away from the crowds, we'll leave the city and head to the Mount of Olives because we've heard which is the best place in the city to watch the sunset. Saida will be nearby, so he returns at night, takes into account our religion and we try to go the path he told us. on an empty stomach they told us that we couldn't go that way because we warmed up by taking the long way, well, we didn't get to the top of the Mount of Olives, so we decided to stop before we missed the sunset, but it was such a beautiful setting behind from Jerusalem now all the lights are turning on, it's beautiful up here, 110 percent worth the walk, if you are in Jerusalem you should surely be here at sunset and the Mount of Olives got its name because it used to be covered with olive trees , but now it has more than one hundred and fifty thousand Jewish graves.
If you are Jewish, this is the place to be buried because they believe that when the Messiah comes, the tombs that are in front of Jerusalem will be the ones that we resurrect first and it also has a lot of Christian meaning, but the very apparent meaning when you look at the mountain is that it is completely covered in grapes. Wow, whatever you thought about me, I mean, it's hard to believe that we. We're looking at the city of Jerusalem like we've been to so many places I've never heard of in my entire life, but like Jerusalem is a place I've heard about since I was, since I could read, it's crazy and I'm looking at it right now like I'll never be the same I'll never read the Bible the same I'll never look at the history of the same I went through very mixed emotions throughout the day like at one point it would be like I can't believe I'm standing here, this is the best and the next moment I would be surrounded by a massive group of tourists.
I mean, I can't blame people for wanting to tour cities, it's not bad. I just make it feel different, it's done that way. I feel like there's no way we adequately captured this city and it was like it was an emotionally draining day, both trying to immerse ourselves in the meaning of where you are. We are in and then we also try to like present history objectively seen from multiple different religions. I don't think we'd need like a month here and like 30 vlogs to even start capturing this place and we're not the right people to do that, but it's an amazing place and it's one of the most sacred places of both of us.
You make it like a city with so much history, especially a city we're looking at. I feel like I'm saying too many words. so the western wall used to surround yes, apparently he makes them with a lot of love, that's why they taste better Turkey, yes, a complete copy of 18 mango, mango, mango, today, my laboratory, which allows my character, this is a small great corner, amazing avocado, mango, woke up. I honestly didn't even want a mango juice, this guy was so nice. The moral of today you leave, that the next day when I try to give it to you compared to the suffering, all this seems blasphemous, so the amount of olive I have is there.
There was one sitting on the top of the mountain that day, the Mount of Olives. I mean, ah, like the Mount of Olives got its name because it's the holiest city of two of the world's largest religions. Three, I don't think so. I think there are only 14,000 juices, probably Buddhism Hinduism

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