My First Yom Yerushalyim Parade

Sometimes, work has more perks than just a paycheck. The husband and I work in the center of Jerusalem, right on the corner of Yafo and Agripus. So, we're really right on the middle of everything. We work weird hours. Most days, it's from 4:00PM-12:30AM, and other days, we work from 7:30AM-4:00PM. For the past week, I had been pretty bummed that we would have to work on both nights of Yom Yerushalyim, when all the parades and festivals were going on. Well, we got around that very nicely last night. The parade down Yafo and King George, to celebrate 40 glorious of the reunification of Jerusalem, started at 6:00. So, at about 6:30, the husband and I took our breaks and walked down the street and got to enjoy most of the parade. I'm going to put up some pictures. It was awesome and a lot of fun. There were kids marching from every regional council in the country. There were floats and music. It was just great. I was very saddened to hear that Jerusalem doesn't put on a parade for Yom Yerushalyim every year. They did this year for the 40th anniversary. I think they should have this every year.

Anyways, it doesn't stop there. After we got off work at 12:30, we decided that we were going to check on the other goings-on. The Yom HaStudent concert was over, and the concert in Gan Sacher was clearing out. But, the events at the Kotel were just about to get under way. So, we drove over there. We were going to stay for the whole thing, but it started to rain and got really cold that we decided to go home. All in all, it was such an awesome day. And, WE STILL WORKED 8.5 HOURS!!!











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