September 6, 2000

Jerusalem. Marthame has no classes on Wednesday (until the school schedule changes), so he went to Jerusalem to AmEx (see above for the "why"). To get to Jerusalem from Zababdeh, one must take a "service" taxi (shared) to Tubas, then to Nablus, then Ramallah, then Jerusalem through the Israeli check-point. Three hours one way. By car, maybe two. A reminder of the political and economic reality. But, six hours later, we have money! Which means we will, n’shallah, have telephone! Which means we will have home access to email! Yay!

The visiting Italian choir.

Our Glaswegian visitor!

In the evening, an Italian choir came to Zababdeh as part of their Holy Land tour. One member of the choir was - oddly enough - a Glaswegian (Presbyterians are everywhere).