Arrival

Arrival from Holland to Israel is like a sunrise.

We stay in a small international hostel near the Damascus gate to the old city in Jerusalem where every day more volunteers are moving in and out in order to help the situation in Israel/Palestine. Every evening is full of conversations around mint tea about the possibility of peace, about the struggle of a people, about the miscommunication, about the future. Last night, two irishman arrived with a harmonica- soon all the intruments were out, there was dancing, singing, and smiles as the musical banter escalated into the night. This is just a beginning for us, but how refreshing it is to see the music on the faces of every person in the room.

Tomorrow we will take a shared taxi into the west bank, through several checkpoints to our destination: Nablus. There we will play and sing and learn for the next three days.

more soon to follow;