Days 8 and 9, Bethlehem and Ramallah

So my photos aren't working for whatever reason, but I went to Bethlehem yesterday and spent today in Hebron and Ramallah. We're in Ramallah now, but then making a big zig-zag back through the checkpoints tomorrow to Tel Aviv, mostly so that we can celebrate Purim. (Purim sounds like it's just Halloween with alcohol, which basically sounds like any party at Oxford.) This means that I'll be sitting on my suitcase on a beach drinking wine until 2am, but that's not the worst way to conclude my first trip to the Middle East. Or any week, really.