today ended up being a fun, eventful day. after very limited sleep and a really long flight, we arrived in Jerusalem slightly behind schedule. when we got here, our leader and our bus were nowhere to be found. it appeared he had forgotten or was running very late. he's the kind of guy that would be totally early. we got to the school, which is really cool. it's built into a wall around jerusalem, so it's maze-like in its hallways. i have yet to find the library. it is on Mt Zion and overlooks the Hinnom Valley. We can literally walk a hundred yards and be in the old city of Jerusalem in the Armenian quarter.after dinner, another guy and i decided to walk around the town - New Jerusalem rather than old, since we'll be doing that tomorrow. we finally found Ben Yehuda street, where all the happening stuff was. Then we walked back toward school. Rather than go the way we came, we decided to wander into the old city and subsequently got pretty lost. thinking that the 100 yards idea was true, we thought we'd take a shortcut. rather than the 5 minutes it would have taken, we got back in about 30. we learned the Armenian quarter rather well.
i'm looking forward to a good night sleep tonight. it will be much appreciated. i've already got a roommate sawing logs as I type, so I am very thankful for the nightshade and earplugs. tomorrow is 8AM to take a tour of Old Jerusalem.
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