Jordan Preview - some shopping - scary taxi - Sabeel - and the office
To prepare for the impending trip to Jordan, we had a Jordan Preview: this means sitting in class, learning about the geography, learning about the death-water from the tap and some other local customs so as not to offend and cause international incident. This got me excited for the trip over the Jordan, but also a bit sad realizing most of our group is not going.
From there i had a "hamburger" at the school. It is sad when other cultures, which you are trying to experience, poorly immitate America. Some people swore the hamburgers had meat, others had the distinct taste of vegeburger- i think mine was half and half- or more specifically 1/4 vegge, 1/4 meat and 1/2 unknown becuase the first half did not engender eating the second.
After that my favorite pasttime, shopping. If i give you something, at least act like it is fantastic because i likely suffered a lot of haggling and sifting through touristy junk to find it for you. Im just kidding... but seriously...you know what i mean.
Our last globalization lecture took place tonight across town at the Palestinian Liberation Theology Center. aka Sabeel. We rode in taxis over- which i hadn't done before over here and do not hope to do again. Crazy drivers- at least when our bus driver is in heavy traffic i know the other people in the little sedans (which is all there is here) are scared of us. Now i am in a smal sedan- hmm. Here is my picture. I'm not going to get into liberation theoloy here, nor the distinctions of Palestinian Liberation Theology, but rest assured it was a different perspective than i heard elsewhere. If you are interested, just ask.
After Sabeel we walked around the city, saw some religious folk, saw some old walls, some street vendors, heard some Muslim calls to prayer (which has been compared to the sounds of animal torture, partially because the speakers around the city are so loud and probably blown out), smelled/heard a lot of diesel engines, smelled some good food and some bad food... normal day in Jerusalem.
Back at the Gloria some people played cards. Tony Michael and i enjoyed an episode of the Office (British style) to get a little fix of media.
From there i had a "hamburger" at the school. It is sad when other cultures, which you are trying to experience, poorly immitate America. Some people swore the hamburgers had meat, others had the distinct taste of vegeburger- i think mine was half and half- or more specifically 1/4 vegge, 1/4 meat and 1/2 unknown becuase the first half did not engender eating the second.
After that my favorite pasttime, shopping. If i give you something, at least act like it is fantastic because i likely suffered a lot of haggling and sifting through touristy junk to find it for you. Im just kidding... but seriously...you know what i mean.
Our last globalization lecture took place tonight across town at the Palestinian Liberation Theology Center. aka Sabeel. We rode in taxis over- which i hadn't done before over here and do not hope to do again. Crazy drivers- at least when our bus driver is in heavy traffic i know the other people in the little sedans (which is all there is here) are scared of us. Now i am in a smal sedan- hmm. Here is my picture. I'm not going to get into liberation theoloy here, nor the distinctions of Palestinian Liberation Theology, but rest assured it was a different perspective than i heard elsewhere. If you are interested, just ask.After Sabeel we walked around the city, saw some religious folk, saw some old walls, some street vendors, heard some Muslim calls to prayer (which has been compared to the sounds of animal torture, partially because the speakers around the city are so loud and probably blown out), smelled/heard a lot of diesel engines, smelled some good food and some bad food... normal day in Jerusalem.
Back at the Gloria some people played cards. Tony Michael and i enjoyed an episode of the Office (British style) to get a little fix of media.
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