Google cars were in Jerusalem in November 2011,
they were easy to recognize going up and down the streets.
Now Google Street Views of Israel are going on-line
and everyone can find their favorite Jerusalem street.
You will still see signs for Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
However,
this time of year you will see Israeli flags lining the streets,
hanging in store windows,
and flying along many major roads.
The signs are out, Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, is next week.
What a perfect time for Google to show the Jerusalem streets
turning blue & white for Israel’s 64th birthday celebrations!
I wrote about a special Yom Hashoah event for The Times of Israel,
please check it out and comment.
Marvelous…I should do some exploring all the way from California!
I remember Yom Ha’atzmaut in 1995 when I was in Jerusalem…parties in the street all night. Do Jerusalemites still celebrate with dancing in the streets to live bands, plastic hammers and canned string??
Yom Ha’atzmaut is a major celebration, now there is less canned string, the plastic hammers are bigger and softer, and the mangals, (picnic BBQs) have smoke rising on every open space, hope to get lots of photos on Thursday, so check back next week.
I love the flags going up all over the city!
There seem to be a lot on the cars already.
Had a good time finding (and seeing) the street where we stayed this past Winter on Google street view!
I was just talking about how I don’t know one person who actually saw a google street view car. I started thinking maybe it happened by magic. 🙂
They also had special smaller vehicles to get Mamilla Mall and the many small paths that are called streets in Jerusalem.
So amazing! And they even did the inside of the Israel Museum.
The Israel Museum does cover a large area in the center of Jerusalem.
I got stopped from taking a photo of the flag flying over the US consulate,
wonder how they like this?