Have an urge to see the old city as a whole - Jerusalem as a whole. An impossible thought! Probably only the new Messiah could do that.
But discover a roof top vantage point up some steps. You can see the Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount from here.
It's a place where everything starts to make sense - perhaps because it's open to the sky and the sun is setting. Boys are playing dangerous games, daring each other to walk along walls. A group of teenage girls arrive with mattresses and a picnic, but I do not know where they disappear to. A ginger cat appears. The colour of cats in Jerusalem is ginger. You can see down through the grills into the markets beneath. A different way of seeing.
But discover a roof top vantage point up some steps. You can see the Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount from here.
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