Thursday, October 4, 2018

Flat Moo Comes To Town - Part 7

Hallo again, Effurrybody!

Here We are again - which is to say, Moi, Queen Trixie and My brofurs, Caspurr and Shimshi, and Our Special Guest, Joanie's Travelling Cow from the 15 and Meowing blog, Flat Moo.

Flat Moo has been with Us for several weeks now and her visit is drawing to a close. We will be furry sorry to see her go - but We were furry glad that she was able to spend the High Holy Days with Us and also to enjoy Sukkot (Tabernacles) here in Jerusalem. We were effur so glad to be able to welcome her to Our Sukkah:









Earlier this week, We took her to visit the Nachlaot neighbourhood, where there are lots of quaint little houses built around picturesque, interconnected  courtyards, each courtyard a mini-neighbourhood originally populated by a different Jewish community - Syrian Jews, Iraqi Jews, Sephardic and Ashkenazi, etc.  



















Once one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Jerusalem, it has now become gentrified and the tiny one-room and two-room houses are gradually being replaced by extremely expensive houses which the local people cannot afford and which are being bought up by outsiders:
















As you would expect, each of the courtyards of Nachlaot has its own resident cat population, and naturally, the local population treat them with the Respect to which We Felines are entitled, which includes feeding them furry well - as you can see from this picture:







In fact, this kitty was definitely a bit - well, chubby.

And we also made the acquaintance of this elegant panfur, in one of the courtyards:







There are many synagogues in Nachlaot, some of them tiny little enclaves in the middle of the famous Machane Yehuda market (which lies at the heart of Nachlaot and about which, more later), like this one, sandwiched between two shops: 








and some of them quite impressive, like the Hesed VeRahamim synagogue, seen below, where Moo and Caspurr posed for a picture outside its silver-covered doors, which have twelve panels depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel:  







The Chubby Kitty whom We met earlier told Us that, as well as being fed by the humans who lived there, they could always find plenty to eat in the Machane Yehuda market, commonly known as HaShuk (THE Market).
I should explain that when Jerusalemites talk about going to "the market" - they mean Machane Yehuda, where now, in addition to all the food stalls, there are also more and more cafes and restaurants.  




We all enjoyed the market. Here I am, outside one of the shops:






And then Our Official Photographer (aka Mummy) found a Sweet Shop:   






If you look carefully, you can just about see Me in the lower right-hand corner.


Shimshi, of course, hit the jackpot:











Unfortunately, the one thing that did not appear to be for sale in the Shuk was grass, so, as Moo was now beginning to feel rather hungry, We decided to head back home.

Before Moo leaves, We want to take her to the seaside at Tel Aviv, so watch out for next week's blog. We hope the weather will hold. On Shemini Atzeret, which immediately follows Sukkot, the Humans start to pray for rain. It is officially autumn. But so far, you would neffur guess that (mol). So We are hopeful that We will be able to enjoy a fun day with Moo at the beach, before We have to say goodbye to her.

Have a lovely weekend, Effurryone!
And Moooooooo from Our Guest!

5 comments:

CATachresis said...

Moo has certainly had an outstanding trip to Jerusalem and you guys have showed her the best time!! Mum says she loved going to the Shuk every week!!

da tabbies o trout towne said...

moo...safe travelz on yur next journey; we haz troo lee N joyed see in all de spotz ewe were abe bull ta vizit.....we think purrhapz thiz post mite bee R fave....wunder why ~~~~~~~~~ ☺☺☺☺

{ we DUE hope mum buyed everee one a fish ;) ♥♥♥

Deziz World said...

Well, we think Moo's seen just 'bout the whole country. Shouldn't be much left to see, huh? We don't know what those sweets are, but mommy's mouth watered just the same. MOL Big hugs

Luv ya'

Dezi and Raena

Shoko Neilson said...



You certainly gave Moo a totally fun and historic tour.

Shoko, Tyebe and Budd

Furries said...

Wow, that's a wonderful adventure you went on. Thanks for sharing all the photos.