7/18
In the morning of the eighteenth we took a bus to the area of Jerusalem dubbed the 'entrance to the city'. The major streets of Herzl Boulevard and Jaffa Road intersect here, as well as the city's light rail mass transit system, currently under construction. The focal point and defining feature of this space is the newly constructed Chords Bridge designed by world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava. The Chords Bridge or Bridge of Strings spans the massive intersection and will carry the light rail trams as well
as pedestrian traffic.
Next, we met up again with David, our tour guide extraordinaire. He walked us around the open air market of the new (meaning not 'Old City') portion of the city. We had lunch at a little hole-in-the-wall place within this market that served terrific Lebanese food.
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