A common feature of social anxiety involves the person worrying so much about an event beforehand that they do their best to avoid it. Fortunately, or otherwise, I’ve never done that. I’ve explained my behaviour by saying that my desire to be with people is greater than my anxieties. I could also explain it as stupidity. Why else would I keep coming back for more?
That is not to say that I didn’t enjoy the Scavenger Hunt that I attended on Friday in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Most of it was fun and I enjoyed meeting all the other participants. I was also amazed to discover how much there is to see in such a small area, and how much I’ve missed, despite having been there many times before.
What was hard was answering the questions, especially the ones that required opinions, but fortunately the other members of my team made up for my shortfalls.
I won’t go into detail about what we saw, because that has been done excellently by Lisa and Amit and Hadassah and Sharon.
As I’m sure you won’t have my problems, I can heartily recommend going on a scavenger hunt instead of an ordinary tour. If you’re planning a visit to Jerusalem, here’s the place to find out more information.
Miriam Drori, Author 
8 replies on “Scavenger Hunt”
Sounds cool and very fun – and I think I know what you mean about wanting to be with people even though you sometimes feel uncomfortable in the situation!
I am very green with envy. This sounds like exactly the kind of detailed poke about small delight adventure I absolutely love. We try to do it but this kind of hunt sounds truly wonderful.
david.
I’m so jealous. I would love to see Jerusalem even if it is in a part of the world that has a lot of political instability.
Don’t be jealous, people. Come and join in the fun!
Jerusalem would be an amazing place to visit. I’m glad you enjoyed yourself, it sounds like it was fun.
Scavenger hunts sound so fun. Glad you enjoyed it.
I’m counting on you to guide me. As soon as the weather improves.
I’ll try. But I can’t compete with Tali and Jeremy who ran the scavenger hunt.