Day 7....Shopping

Today I wanted to go shopping, so we went to the mall here.  It wasn't so exciting, they had some stores from the U.S. like Aldo and Nine west, but everything was much more expensive and the stores that were not in the U.S had basically the same things I could get in other stores much cheaper.  There was one store that sells European cut jeans (a little bit higher fashion with a little bit of a lower cut) that are hard to find in U.S. for a reasonable price so I bought a pair at a not so bad price.  I found out that my uncle Ivan and aunt Judy are going to Bethlehem tomorrow, their driver cannot enter so they will be dropped off at the edge of the town and then tour the town.  Supposedly its only not safe for Jewish people.  I want to go with them but they are with a tour group so it will not be possible.  I want to do some real shopping tomorrow at the Jerusalem markets and buy some middle eastern goods, like incense, jewelry and sweets.  I am trying to speak Hebrew, but I am sometimes shy and get all tongue tied.  learning a new language is harder than I thought it would be.  There is this sweet dessert here called Malabi (think Flan, but with a rose syrup instead of caramel) and you sprinkle the top with coconut and almonds.  It is so good, i really enjoy eating it.  I think its a dish from Turkey. In fact, Im going to go eat some now.....   !שלום