Going Out With a Bang

Today was a good day.  I started out by going running in the morning around the city.  I studied for a few hours after before I went in the city again.  

A few of us about to go out to the city.  This is one of the "back porches" of the Jerusalem Center. 

In the old city there are lots of candy shops that have the candy just sitting out openly.  Well Jenessa decides she wants to get some for our bus ride to Jordan tomorrow.  However, as she purchased her bag she realized there was something extra in the bag.  One BLACK HAIR.  That isn't exactly a cheery on top if you ask me.





















After the visiting the old city, we went to West Jerusalem. It was so much fun.  West Jerusalem kind of has a European feel to it.  I have never been to Europe, but parts of it look like how I would image Europe to look.
A bunch of us found this small, authentic feeling restaurant there named Modus.  It was so cute.  My friend Ty and I shared a goat cheese pizza and this interesting pasta.  The goat cheese pizza was sooo good. It was by far the best.  They also gave us free salads and  a pizza appetizer-like plate.  I image it was because we literally filled every seat and table of their restaurant.  However there was more than just good food to make the night eventful.

Our goat cheese pizza. 

Towards the end of our meal we see police lights out side of the window and part of the road right by us is barricaded off.  We figure that they were just checking out suspicious behavior.  We go on laughing and talking when all of a sudden a BANG ricochets off the walls causing us all to go silent. That's right, there was a bomb right outside of our restaurant!!!  No need to worry though.  It was done by the police, and peace continued to flourish in the streets right after.  Sometimes when things are found in Israel that looks suspicious, the police will blow it up.  That is why we were taught never to set our backpacks down and walk away from them. Life is full of crazy adventures!  

Post bomb picture. 

To top it off, we ended the night with yummy gelato. I got Ferrero Rocher. It was super good!