I Volunteered for This?! Life on an Archaeological Dig
our main meal of the day. The first course was always a variety of soup. Then came meat, (usually poultry), rice or potatoes or farina, fresh vegetables, fruit (often melon this season of the year), bread, jam and tea. The food wasn’t elaborate but it tasted marvelous after a hard day’s work.
From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. was “free” time. A shower was the first order of business. In our room, the five of us took
turns as to who got to clean up first, no mean privilege. Some of the others who didn’t have a room with a shower had
to wait their turn for the communal showers on a first-come-first-served basis.
If one didn’t choose to use the remainder of this time for a siesta (a habit which I grew to enjoy and have adapted
for use back in the States), there was always something else to do. It was a good time to write home, do some reading,
or to visit one of Beershev x