Once again we stayed in a self catering unit on a community in the Galilean hill surrounded by Arab villages. One day I was in the garden watching the weird and wonderful birds and generally feeling life was pretty good even though I was knitting the evil thing (p.s knitting now completed, ends sewn in and currently doing the Swiss darning-it will one day end).Anyway there was suddenly a barrage of gun fire and no one anywhere panicked at all. I whilst thinking about my will strolled in and attempted to calmly ask the daughter what was happening-apparently it is a tradition at Arab weddings, yes people do sometimes get hurt and I do not think it will become popular here.
We did a day in the completely fabulous Biblical Lands Museum in Israel it is a beautiful fascinating place. Each room is a different time in history and the exhibits go back to prehistoric flint. It is amazing to see the Matriarchal religious figures disappear as Patriarchal religion comes into prominence about the same time commerce develops. Go if you can.
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