OK, I just posted A LOT. I've been writing even when I don't have internet access, so I sat down to put it all up this evening for your enjoyment. A couple of the posts are very long, but I wanted to be sure to tell as much as I can, and I still feel like I'm hardly telling you anything. :)

Like I said, I'm usually typing really quickly to get things down and ready to be posted, so please forgive me all my errors in these posts.

I found a couple of cool rings at the market in Jerusalem today. I'm happy! Although, I don't feel like I have long enough to negotiate and really look for gifts to bring home. Sigh. We're always on a time crunch. Everyone will probably end up with mud from the Dead Sea. It's good for the complexion.

We're in Jerusalem until Monday. Today we visited the different quarters in Jerusalem and shopped at the markets. We went into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where you could "touch the hole" from the cross at the crucifixion, touch the slab of rock that Jesus was supposedly laid out on after, and visit his "tomb". While I don't think any of these are the real deal, the church itself is gorgeous and I enjoyed being in it. There were sooooo many people, though. I'll post pics of that soon. The next couple of days are going to be museums and the Knesset and foreign ministry. I'm looking forward to all of that!