Saturday night

I'm writing this Monday night from K'far Giladi, a kibbutz a few miles north of Kiryat Shemona, which is in pretty much the northernmost tip of Israel. I haven't found any evidence of network access so far.

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Sunday

There is limited internet access here. In theory I can have a slot later tonight. (They have a single computer, and are dubious about me plugging in my laptop. I'm getting "I don't know how this works" vibes, not "we don't allow that" vibes, so I'll try.

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( other parts of the old city )

After a nice dinner (at a dairy restaurant called Montifiore), a few people headed to Beit Lechem (Bethlehem) with a hired guide. It sounded like it could be interesting, but maybe a zoo on Christmas eve and maybe a late night when we had an extremely-early start the next day. I heard today that they were pretty overwhelmed and that their guide apparently knew all the right people to get them past all the Palestinian checkpoints. I'm looking forward to hearing more details from them.