So, last Saturday was another fieldtrip. We went out to Beth Shean, Lachish, and a bunch of other Philistine cities on the coast. We saw the battlefield of David and Goliath, Solomonic gates, and this huge underground cavern where pigeons were "domesticated". We climbed up and down a bunch of Tel's, and we got great views of the land from the top.
It is now high holy holiday season. Today I woke up to the sound of birds chirping, a far cry from the usual sounds of cars beeing their horns on Jaffa Road. Today is Yom Kippur, The Day of Judgement, when all Jewish people fast and pray and beat their chest to atone for the sins of the entire world. Therefore, no one drives their car or wears leather shoes, etc. So there are no cars and everything is closed excpet for Synagogues and the silence is all so very beautiful.
I'm so glad that all of you have been checking out the websites that other students her have. Andy told me yesterday that over half of the hits to his website comes from Grand Rapids MI, because, obvoiusly, people in Grand Rapids are great!