I spent the night last night walking a great deal. This is fine except the hills in Jerusalem are extremely challenging. I wanted to see where I was in relation to other landmarks so I walked home rather than take the bus. This proved to be a lot more difficult on my knees than I had anticipated. I ended up walking to some look outs off the highway and discovered that I could note every area that I had been today. I was shocked at how close they seemed to be related to each other when absorbing the whole scene. I then thought, "I can surely make it to Ibrahims if I've already walked this much today." Well, I did make it but I realized that the four sheckels for the bus was a generous gift in contrast to walking up hill both ways. Literally 9 hours of walking up and down hills steep enough to break ones neck if one were to fall down. It was worth it though. I got to experience the cost of weighing 240 pounds and the reward of knowing that I know where I am in relation to my surroundings. I would estimate 12 miles a day is what I can comfortably do, and yesterday was something like a million. It was good though.

Today, needless to say I slept in and relaxed a bit more. I went to the old city and found a nice little merchant walk that had very little space and began to talk with the shop owners. This developed into a three hour discussion about everything. It was good. I am learning a great deal here and today was no exception.