Avir at the Shuk
Avir has found his way to the famous Mahane Yehuda Markets Jerusalem, also known as the Shuk. The Shuk is an important shopping centre in the hustle and bustle of everyday life for this multi-cultural city and unique in its own special way. The many streets within the markets are filled with vendor’s stalls, offering food, drinks, clothes, hardware, electrical goods, fruit and vegetables, restaurants and bars. The air is filled with authentic Middle-Eastern aromas of coffee, spices, teas, nuts, dried fruits, baking products, sweets and candies, halva (a sesame and tahini sweet) and the fresh products of fish, fruit and vegetables and cheeses.
The Shuk contains 250 plus stalls and these are permanently housed in an open street area or in the covered section. Today, Avir is standing beside the many spices and leaf teas displayed in this stall—so many to see and and choose from. It is commonly said that one should come hungry to the Markets, and slowly eat your way through from one end to the other, and take in the amazing diversity of people and cultures”. When in Jerusalem next, remember to visit this very interesting centre of cultural life.