Alarm loooong comfortable. After breakfast I went out in search of the car ... after about 30 minutes of panic due to the fact that I could not orient myself in the streets of Jerusalem, miraculously find the car and I can get a parking space at the port of Jaffa. When you enter the door, I am approached by at least 4 people asking me if I need a guide (of course not allowed), when they realize that three Italian guides retire and I agree with what you speak Italian, for a guided tour. I'm coming around to see the heart of old town, roughly following the Stations of the Cross that is made at Easter, the more I see the Arab, Jewish, Christian and Armenian. Haggle for a couple of necklaces and then to the Wailing Wall, which I approach with a multitude of tourists (few) and Orthodox Jews (many). To my great regret, for a Muslim religious holiday, do not enter the mosque golden infidels until Monday, but at that time I already enjoy the warmth of the Red Sea!
returned to the port of Jaffa, I eat in a restaurant in Arabic (which will be the only poor meal of the trip) and then, very courageously, I decided to get in the car the Mount of Olives. After only half a dozen U-turns I the road from the mountain (in front of a luxurious hotel) do some good footage of the thrice-holy city at sunset.
panic yet to find their way to the hotel in that respect I mean a couple of things: when I made this trip, the navigation systems were not at all common road maps are not very comfortable to be consulted while driving the streets of Jerusalem are not exactly like those of Manhattan and the city traffic Mediterranean, Arab, Christian and Jewish I'll leave to your imagination. However, being a holy city, the miracle is repeated: I find the way to the hotel and parking almost in front! After a
refreshing shower I go out for dinner, calling a taxi to avoid losing the best car and go to the restaurant.
About restaurants and public places in general: it is perfectly normal to be searched on entry and answer questions like: "he carried a gun or some other weapon?" After a while 'you get used and you do not notice anymore.
wonderful dinner, enlivened by a beautiful waitress who smiled at me all evening (?!).
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