Hello RG followers: Up at 7 am for the press conference with the Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Baraket (who has run 5 marathons himself). Got to meet Kevin Lin (Running the Sahara fame) and the elite Kenyan Andrew and the elite Russian woman Camila (will provide last names later).
From the breakfast, our guide, Irit, took us to the Old City, where we got 5000 years of history in about 3 hours.We visited the Arab Market (shuk) and the Muslim Quarter the old city is divided into 4 sections, Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Armenian) as well as the Church of the Holy Speulcher- Christian (and walked 5,6,7 sections of the cross). Visited the site where the church was resurrected where Jesus Christ was crucified.
We visited a few other areas which I will describe later. We are going out tonight to tour nightclubs.
Back to the tour. We also saw the Dead Sea Scrolls and learned about how they were written and discovered. The Community Sect was responsible for writing them.
Then we visted the Mount of Olives and the Church of Gestmanie.
Then back to the hotel., but before we did this we visited East Jerusalem and due to a traffic incident (not our fault) our driver had a little chat with some armed policemen. They were not dressed in uniform.
The course tour is on Thursday, and I have a feeling the hills will be challenging.
Got to have a nap now.
