i headed to ramallah with my new friend liz, a fellow denverite whom i met, where? in nablus.ramallah is the most "normal" feeling city of all those i have visited in the west bank. it's international in that the palestinians here hail from all over the globe. when i asked a couple of teens that i met here several weeks ago where they were from, they said "virginia" and "ohio." it wasn't quite the response i expected.
liz and i couldn't resist checking out what was behind that green logo that greeted us just one long block away from the bus station... don't be fooled -- we didn't hang out all day at starbucks. heavens no. we did, however, revel in the ingenuity and humor of the palestinians.
and we just loved that the menus were made with ping pong paddles. sadly, there was no table upon which to play...that's liz, by the way.
and that's me, enjoying my yummy vanilla frapo ' chino (as they were called on the menu).we think this place has starbucks beat. not only can you order up an icy cold beverage; here they serve an array of mideast style sandwiches and you can top off your visit by smoking an argila (water pipe).
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so....there is the gleaming green sign in the mniddle east. i was dying to know! well, actually, i have to admit that i was drinking my starbucks and settling into my morning, when i read your blogs. kind of like we were having coffee together, from miles apart! can't wait to see you!
and another thing...exactly why was the menu on a ping-pong paddle?
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