I'm almost ready to leave Israel. My flight is out of here on Monday afternoon to Barcelona, so that will begin my European segment of the trip. But here is what has been going on since I last posted something. After it snowed in Jerusalem absolutely everything shut down. Obviously this is not a common thing. I went to 11 sights in the city after it snowed and 9 of them were closed. Quite depressing considering I was walking everywhere. The next day wa...

Alright, things just are not as they are supposed to be. Did Jesus ever run into snow? I guess so but you would never think so. Just a bad stereotype. He lived in this country for 33 years (well, I guess he was in Egypt for like a few months when he was 2) but I've only been here for 3 days and already I've seen snow. That's right, it started snowing this afternoon and hasn't stopped yet. There is some accumulation already, and I think it may snow for a whi...

Hey all. I have officially made the big jump, and it is quite different here in Jerusalem than it was in Sao Paulo. The city is nice, and no I havn't seen any suicide bombers...at least that I know of. The thing is you are searched before you enter ANY public building. I went through a metal detector before going into a mall. That was a first. The city is a bit cooler than I expected it to be, and it is forecast to snow on Saturday, but we'll see. I do...