Just Read the Sign

Some familiar and not so familiar signs of Israel...

A guy told me that Muslim art doesn't depict the human form so the way artists can express themselves is through written text.

This is a store sign in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City. No idea what it says, but written Arabic is quite beautiful. Apparently the smiley emoticon was invented by Arabic artists.

These signs are all over the northern part of the country. The Golan Heights has been a source of contention between Israel and Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan for hundreds of years.

We would occasionally see cows in fields like these. You don't eat hardly any beef in Israel so I guess they don't think too highly of them.

We learned when we got to Jerusalem that no one has ever heard of BYU or the BYU Jerusalem Center. But every cab driver in Jerusalem knows the "Mormon University".

Nearly every street sign is in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.

The sign looks the same but the food doesn't. How about a McFalafel? It's for real, and you can choose nugget, wrap, or bunned versions.

On a similar note, we LOVED the food. I can't vouch for the Mickey-D's version, but falafel and swarma are everywhere and both delicious.

You eat lots of fish, eggs, different cheeses, and salads. I don't think I ever ate chicken and only saw it offered a couple of times. You also don't see too many people drinking sodas although they are widely available. Another thing you don't see is people walking and eating. Meals are something you do as opposed to what you do while on you're way to something else.