So, we all had classes on Thanksgiving. What a drag. But we have finals all next week, so at least we're done soon.
This evening I went with a couple other students to the Coptic Patriarch on top of the Holy Sepulchre. One of the girls is doing a paper on Orthodoxy for a class, so she went to ask some questions. So we all got to sit down with a Coptic monk and talk. It was all super interesting. Father Afri knew some english, so he had a deacon there who was an english teacher to translate some things for him, so we communicated pretty well. Of course, Middle Eastern hospitality, we were offered, i.e. given, pop and cookies, and then Turkish coffee, which is the first time I had it, it was definitly thick, but not too bitter.
After that we had a Thanksgving feast. This morning when I went down for breakfast I walked into the kitchen and saw the turkey's in the pots. I thought it was pretty cool until I also saw the turkey's head, eyes and beak and all, hanging over the edge. Here, when you get meat you get it all. I was mildly perturbed, but it did taste very good, the meat I mean, not the head. I had been meaning to invite Profssor Tov over for dinner all semester, so I thought, what could be better than Thanksgiving? So he and his wife Lika came for dinner and it was their first time visiting this school in about 15 years; Prof. Tov had taught here years ago. I think they had a great time, although not many students here knew of them at all, but now they do, so it is good.
On Cornerstone's webpage they are supposed to put a Core News story about Rachel and I sometime this week. Check out www.cornerstone.edu and see when it comes up!