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I found the people they based their stereotypes on...
I realized I've mentioned this woman before. She makes me crazy. Aliette is the woman who whined and moaned about living where I live and various other things. This woman has problems. Sometimes - no, most of the time - I'm tired of hearing about them and the litany of other complaints about everything under the sun. I'm just plain over it. ( Read more... ) -
What I did on Sunday
I tried to book a tour to the Dead Sea but to no avail. I thought I would go alone but decided that since I have to be back in Jeru by 6:30, it wouldn't work too well and I wouldn't get to see all I wanted to. I had a chat with Mr. Busdriverman and discussed going to Tel Aviv instead to go the beach and have a look around. (BTW, I had the ( Read more... ) -
Jeru - land of no repose
Dear LJ ( Read more... ) -
Shallow entry
I want to go shopping. I like clothes and I dig European style. I bought a couple cool things in Turkey but I want more. Maybe I'll check out a shopping centre tomorrow morning.
I also need a hair cut but I think I'll wait until I'm back in Canada. -
Hebron
Today I went to Hebron with Lucie, this 18 year old Frano-Lebanese girl and P. Edouard, a Parisian priest. We went on the invitation of Jean-Marie, this Swiss dude mentioned earlier who does the crazy volunteering in Hebron ( Read more... ) -
And I'm learning...
Last night a volunteer from a local accompaniment organization came to give a presentation. He's a swiss dude, who appears to work as some sort of journalist. His position here: he accompanies Palestinian children to their school in the city of Hebron. Why does he accompany them, you ask? Because these kids are targets of Israeli settler ( Read more... ) -
These are the days of our lives...
No, not exactly a soap opera but we'll survive somehow ( Read more... ) -
The People at La Maison
As mentioned, there are lots of French people here. There are 4 other volunteers from France, 3 of them very nice, 2 of them quite old and one of them who I really like.
One Aliette, is this worrisome little lady, who enjoys stirring up trouble and making people feel bad for one reason or another. She seems to like me well enough but she's quite ( Read more... ) -
I think I need to buy a menorah
So, I FINALLY made it into the Old City today. It was nice. Cleaner than East Jerusalem, where I'm staying and working. I wandered around for a couple of hours ( Read more... ) -
Ask me what I did today...
I went to the desert. The Negev Desert. It was wicked cool, man! We traveled south into the V between Jordan and the Sinai.
Immediately, I had an understanding of the hospitality they talked about in the Bible - about washing someone's feet when they entered someone's house. It's hot and dusty 'round those parts. I know I definitely would ( Read more... )