August 14 – Thursday

Had a relatively quiet day. Did several hours on the internet, catching up on emails. In the evening we walked to the Jaffa Gate of the Old City to try and get some tour information for friends that our extending their stay after the Gathering. We hiked over to the International Arts and Crafts Festival which is going on (similar to our state fair minus the rides) just to see what was going on. We wanted to get a schedule of the events, but did not find one. Hiked home via the Artists Colony and watched a young art student painting a scene of the old city. Got a picture of him and will email it to him. He said his mom would really like that. He was from Baltimore, but lives in Jerusalem now.