Around Jerusalem

Despite the threats against us, the Arabs did allow us to take our tour around Jerusalem. We also went to church at a Baptist church in Jersualem. We also found out that the boys had us followed by the boy selling candy. After lunch, most of the tour group went back to the Old City to see some more sites, but the girls wanted to get their hair done at a salon around the corner from the hotel. I knew the front entrance was being watched, so we went through the service entrance at the back of the hotel and down an alley to get to the salon. We had been in there for a few minutes, when the boys showed up at the window of the salon. They banged on the door and window but would not come in the salon. The owner of the salon told us that the boys were crazy, and we told her about the threats. She called the police, and they chased them away. After the girls got their hair done, we got back over to the hotel through the service entrance and were safely back in the hotel. I went across the street to a drug store to get something for my nervous stomach. There was an older Arab man running the store, and I asked him about the three boys. He told me that they were very dangerous people, and we should stay away from them. The man was very up front with me about the danger which scared me more. The other tour folks came back from their tour, and we had to tell them about the threats. The American officer from the consulate came over for supper for his information, and we told him about the threats and the intimidation. We were to leave the next day for Tel Aviv and to fly to Germany, which our next scheduled stop. That was the good news.