I haven’t had a chance to blog in a few days… Sometimes, I’m simply too tired and other days the Internet connection is not working. But tonight, I opted out of the football match at the university so I could…
Today was the second day of the weekend for us so we all traveled to al Badan to a small outdoor park to eat and just hang out for a while. What a great time! Of course, all of ended…
Not much to report from Thursday. It was the first day of our weekend so we slept in a little bit and relaxed. During our weekend, we’re allowed to do whatever we want so some people went to places like…
Wednesday was quite an eventful day! We started out the day at the refugee camp, of course. I was in “Sports” again because, by the time I got the sign-up sheet, it was the only activity left. We usually have…
I finally found my Flip video camera (it was buried at the bottom of my suitcase) so I plan on uploading a few videos while I’m here. This one isn’t much but it’s a clip of some guys dancing at…
Continue reading about A (very short) video of the concert tonight
Now, that I have a little more time to blog, I’ll give you a quick rundown of my first few days in Nablus. We arrived in Nablus on Saturday around 1 or 2pm. We managed to make it through Huwwara…
I don’t have much time to blog so I figured I’d just share some photos and write about the first few days offline and post it later. It’s now Monday night and we just spent our first full day with…
Between the Jewish Sabbath and the Muslim day of prayer, Jerusalem is much quieter on Fridays. Many of the shops are closed and, consequentially, the streets are nearly as crowded. I still walked around a bit through the Armenian and…
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After I woke up from my brief afternoon nap, I met a few of the other volunteers on the roof of the Petra Hostel. The weather was nice and cool, even to the point of being a little chilly as…
Last night, right as I was about to go to bed, I met up with four of the other volunteers. We ended staying up pretty late talking and getting to know one another. That didn’t stop me from getting up…
