Just coming towards dinner time, Friday 18 September. Not much time to-day or yesterday to post a blog. To-day, we had two lectures on St. Luke's Gospel, and in the afternoon, two hours on Islam and Ramadan. Course stops to-morrow lunch time until Monday morning, so I'm looking forward to the free time. Not planning to do very much with it - enough travelling to date! On Wednesday, we had a lovely day in Ein Karem - place of the birth of John the Baptist, and visit of Mary to Elizabeth. You won't obviously find "exact" historical place; enough for me to be around the place where something happened. Being in Ein Karem for the day (particularly during an afternoon of quiet reflection), and looking over the Hills of Judah certainly gave a great biblical sense: a few miles from Jerusalem; a village in the countryside; hills everywhere. Great!
We live right beside the Dome of the Rock (site of original Temple area). To-night is the last Friday of Ramadan. 400,000 moslems expected for prayer there!
