Writing from the Faisal Hostel in Jerusalem, just near Damascus Gate of the Old City.

Tom and Claude took me out to dinner before my flight and then to the airport. I slept a good part of the 12 hours on the flight from Atlanta to Tel Aviv. None of the airport taxis were going to East Jerusalem, so I got dropped off at a bus stop in West Jerusalem and after waiting a half hour took a taxi from the second cab that stopped by. The first said he wouldn’t drive into the East side and the second dropped me off a block from the hostel because he was afraid to go any closer. I got a bed at the hostel then went downstairs to buy hummus from one of my favorite hummus/falafel restaurants in Jerusalem. I don’t know what it is, however you cannot find hummus in the US that comes close to the hummus here. I enjoyed talking to the guy behind the counter. My Arabic is coming back ok.

Now, I’m feeling tired, which is good because it’s almost 11pm, a normal time to go to bed.

So. Good night from here.

Ellen.