Day off today. Had loads of plans (going up to Haifa to meet the family of a friend of mine, going to Qalqiliya, Jericho....) but ended up staying in East Jerusalem, walking around the old city.
We first had to go to the post office to post back our tapes, books and other documentation we collected during our tour. We went to the small post office near Jaffa Gate, mean to be a safe post office to post your items back. Had to queue for a while as the person before me was sending 7 huge boxes to Russia but finally managed to get all my stuff in parcels and out of the country.
It might seems like to much precautions were taken, but the last thing I want is my tapes to get confiscated at the airport (it has happen before) or the Israeli security to question me for hours because the books I had on me where too "pro-Palestinian".
Once the post office was sorted, I walked around the old city but felt funny about it. Was seriously missing the small Palestinians villages atmosphere we had experienced the days prior to this one.
I decided to call it a day and to go back to the hotel and watch some of the footage I had shot since we arrived in Palestine. Watching back the tapes was weird in a way. The first days of the trip, already seemed so far away for the present. I guess that the amount of informations we receive everyday and the number of different places we go to, people we meet...probably explains that.
Dinner came at 7pm, as usual, and after a chat in the lobby of the hotel, we went out for a drink in East Jerusalem this time.
We found a really nice place called "Askadynia", a bar restaurant located a few blocks away from our hotel. If only we had known about this place the night before.
The waiters and barman were excellent, they played really good music, Arabic and European. They even played "Noir Desir", a French band, my favourite. Excellent evening.
Not much to say today, but I think that I really needed a rest. Felt like I was on "reserve batteries". Feeling "full of beans" now.
We first had to go to the post office to post back our tapes, books and other documentation we collected during our tour. We went to the small post office near Jaffa Gate, mean to be a safe post office to post your items back. Had to queue for a while as the person before me was sending 7 huge boxes to Russia but finally managed to get all my stuff in parcels and out of the country.
It might seems like to much precautions were taken, but the last thing I want is my tapes to get confiscated at the airport (it has happen before) or the Israeli security to question me for hours because the books I had on me where too "pro-Palestinian".
Once the post office was sorted, I walked around the old city but felt funny about it. Was seriously missing the small Palestinians villages atmosphere we had experienced the days prior to this one.
I decided to call it a day and to go back to the hotel and watch some of the footage I had shot since we arrived in Palestine. Watching back the tapes was weird in a way. The first days of the trip, already seemed so far away for the present. I guess that the amount of informations we receive everyday and the number of different places we go to, people we meet...probably explains that.
Dinner came at 7pm, as usual, and after a chat in the lobby of the hotel, we went out for a drink in East Jerusalem this time.
We found a really nice place called "Askadynia", a bar restaurant located a few blocks away from our hotel. If only we had known about this place the night before.
The waiters and barman were excellent, they played really good music, Arabic and European. They even played "Noir Desir", a French band, my favourite. Excellent evening.
Not much to say today, but I think that I really needed a rest. Felt like I was on "reserve batteries". Feeling "full of beans" now.
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