To continue the last update, here is the end of Sunday night.

Yesterday, after following Jesus's footsteps through the Christian quarter of the old city, we went back to the hotel and met with a group of people from ICCI, which is an interfaith dialogue group based in Israel.  The talk with the people in the group were interesting, and had interesting stories about how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict affected their dialogue with the other group.  After a panel discussion, we had dinner with the group.  Unfortunately, I'm about done with the hotel buffet for the rest of my life, so instead of eating I just talked to the panelists.  After dinner, I was starving, as were a number of other people who were also sick of hotel food.  Jess, Carolina, Rachel, Gina and I ordered Dominos, which was an adventure and disaster in itself.  We tried to order cheesey bread and two thin crust pizzas, and with the help of our Israeli security guard we got two pizzas and two garlic parmesan breads.  Regardless of the correctness of the order, it was delicious.

Today we began the day with an early trip to Bethlehem.  Bethlehem was interesting, our Israeli tour guide and guard weren't allowed in, so we went with the bus driver and picked up a new tour guide on the way.  In Bethlehem we went to visit with the mayor and some of the people who worked in his office.  When we walked into the government building, the first thing that we saw was a giant picture of Yasser Arafat on the wall.  This set the tone for an interesting visit, and it was nice to get a perspective that most American Jews aren't able to hear.  After the visit with the mayor, we went to the Church of the Nativity and got to see where Jesus was born.  After the church we went to a small shop for souvenirs.  That's all the update for today!