3/29/2011 - The Arab Market

After coming out of the Via Dolorosa, we walked through the Arab Market.  The market is much more commercial than I remembered with most of the goods appearing to have been made in Japan or India.

We came upon a fruit stand that had raw almonds on the table.

A pile of green raw almonds.

 We then came to a stand that had cauliflower and another vegetable that had been died hot pink (apparently with beet juice).

 We saw many fruit stands, candy stands, clothing stands and meat stands (although I didn't see the goat heads and whole dead chickens that I recalled from 1971).

There were also a lot of spice stands, including one that had a pyramid of spices topped with the Temple Mount.

 We also saw some of the numbered Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa.

 At one point in the market we saw three priests in full habit almost next to a lingerie stand that had an outfit that looked like a Santa suit - an odd dichotomy of scenarios.