it's great to see you posting again! I haven't logged on to the other site since Steve emailed me and told me about BT2, so you may have been there.

Steve, I share your discomfort about crowds. Picture this; walking through a crowded, narrow, cobblestone-paved market in the old city of Jerusalem with people moving rapidly shoulder-to-shoulder in both directions. Occasionally, a small tractor pulling a trailer loded with market goods comes along, horn beeping to warn the pedestrian market-goers (and tourists, one of which was a PWP) to move! No, that was not a bad dream, it was yours truly last June. I think that was my least favorite experience on my Middle East trip.

I hope everyone has a good week.

Robert