There are lots of cats here, too.  And they're everywhere.  They ate dinner with me tonight. 

So, during my last days in Israel/The Territories, I went to Ramallah twice, Bethlehem once and Nablus once ( Read more... )

So, I'm in Eilat which is a small city on the border between Israel, Egypt and Jordan.  The plan is to head to Egypt tomorrow (no, not the part with the pyramids... we'll save that for when I have actual money) where I intend to hike up Mount Sinai and see where Moses saw the burning bush and hang out on the Red Sea.  After a few days there, I plan ( Read more... )

It's like ironing underwear.  A waste of time, energy and no one appreciates it but you, so who cares?  The French appear to iron EVERYTHING, a gross waste of manpower and energy, if you ask me.  But I'm just an uncouth Canadian who pronounces her 'a's wrong and who uses words in French that she can't even spell because they're probably not even ( Read more... )

 There are some things I want to post about here... I know I'll just forget about some of them if I don't ( Read more... )

Well, it certainly was an experience I won't soon forget.  There were some really great presentations and workshops and some kind of disappointing ones.  I really enjoyed the academic workshops that discussed work being done in the fields and results they have yielded thus far.

Perhaps the most interesting presentation was done by a professor of ( Read more... )

Holy crap!  Two days until the conference and my paper is STILL not ready.

Think, stupid!  Think!

 I went to Jericho yesterday ( Read more... )

So, I'm coming into work this morning and I happen to notice some Israeli police armoured jeeps blocking my way, along with a piece of heavy machinery.  I try to pass and I'm turned away by some heavily armed dudes in olive-drab.  I see some other people from my work and they confirm my suspicions about what I think the CAT behind the jeeps is for ( Read more... )

When I plan what I'm going to do on a day off, I have to think about where I can get to and from and look around within a few hours.  So yesterday, I decided to go to the refugee camp outside Bethlehem ( Read more... )