First day in Jerusalem

We took a partial city walking tour this morning. Saturday is Sabbath, so things were very quiet. We meandered through the shopping area (empty today) near our apartment and entered East Jerusalem through the Jaffa Gate. Lots of old walls around here (dating back to the Byzantine era?) The markets in this part of the Old City were open, as this is a pre-dominately Arab section. We browsed the narrow touristy market area and had hommos and foul with pita bread for lunch. I've never cared for hommos much before, but this stuff was pretty good.

A nice refreshing nap this afternoon served me well.

Prep week officially started this evening with a meeting for all technical staff. That includes Max and us 9 computer science instructors. We have quite a busy week cut out for us, but we are anxious to get an awesome summer rolling. The motivation is high!

The weather here is awesome. The forecast every day: high around 90, low in the sixties, sunny and clear, not too humid. So the days are warm and sunny and the evenings cool down well because of our elevation.

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