We spent most of today traveling through the centuries in the City of David, climbing up and down ancient stairways, aqueducts and even a sewage system to discover how the foundations of ancient Jerusalem were built upon the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley. A wonderful experience and a good workout, too.
This evening, my wife and I took our children to one of our favorite restaurants, T'mol Shilshom, named for the novel by S.Y. Agnon, the Israeli Nobel laureate for literature. It is more than a cafe/bookstore that has hosted readings by some of Israel's leading literary figures, including Amos Oz and A.B. Yehoshua. It is a monument to the love affair this country has with its language and its literature.
This evening, my wife and I took our children to one of our favorite restaurants, T'mol Shilshom, named for the novel by S.Y. Agnon, the Israeli Nobel laureate for literature. It is more than a cafe/bookstore that has hosted readings by some of Israel's leading literary figures, including Amos Oz and A.B. Yehoshua. It is a monument to the love affair this country has with its language and its literature.
The plate in the photograph, on which my daughter's ravioli was served, is only one of the reasons why I love this place. The poem reads:
My beloved has a box, and in the box there is another, smaller box
And in the small one, there is nothing but salt, pepper, and garlic
And if my beloved opens, all the fragrance flees.
My beloved has a box, and in the box there is another, smaller box
And in the small one, there is nothing but salt, pepper, and garlic
And if my beloved opens, all the fragrance flees.
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