November 10, 2001

The entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Today being Saturday, all Israeli government offices are closed - thus there was nothing to be done about the visa applications. We spent the afternoon with journalist friends trying to talk about anything other than the situation, but it's often far more interesting to do so with such people who have a deeper, more intimate, more informed knowledge of what's happening here. We then spent the night babysitting (i.e. watching t.v. while the baby slept) - it's the least we can do for a free weekend's lodging.