By: Brian Schickman
It's very hard to keep track of days during birthright but I know at this point we are about 8 days in of our 10 day trip. If I have learned anything thus far it's that you should expect the unexpected.
We started off the day with a great breakfast at the hotel, loaded the busses, and went to Maccabi Tel Aviv FC (an Israeli professional soccer team). A lot of us heard we were doing this last minute but none of us expected to have a training session and scrimmage with one of their coaches. We split off into two groups where one group went to the pitch (field) and the other half went to the press room and learned about sports in Israel. After a while the groups then switched places. We ended with a pep talk from the press manager of the team as well as eating donuts and getting some merchandise.
Now that a lot of us worked up a nice sweat, we headed inside Tel Aviv and had free time to eat lunch and shop in the Shuk. There was a lot of produce and shops. As a group we then reconvened in front of the Shuk and started a walking tour of the city. We started downtown and saw many tall skyscrapers and beautifully constructed buildings and went all the way out to the graffiti district where we saw the works of many famous street artists. Many of us enjoyed the walking and seeing the sights of such a big city and how it differs from what we are used to.
Shortly after to end our day, we went to the old city of Jaffa where we saw the sunset on the Tel Aviv skyline. It was breathtaking to see the city go from bright out to illuminated in an array of lights along the water. Finally, being exhausted we piled onto the bus went to the Kibbutz we were staying at and had a delicious dinner. We then finished off the day with Chanukkah candle lightings and breakout sessions to discuss our trip thus far. We still had 2 days left, but we all knew the memories of this trip were irreplaceable!
It's very hard to keep track of days during birthright but I know at this point we are about 8 days in of our 10 day trip. If I have learned anything thus far it's that you should expect the unexpected.
We started off the day with a great breakfast at the hotel, loaded the busses, and went to Maccabi Tel Aviv FC (an Israeli professional soccer team). A lot of us heard we were doing this last minute but none of us expected to have a training session and scrimmage with one of their coaches. We split off into two groups where one group went to the pitch (field) and the other half went to the press room and learned about sports in Israel. After a while the groups then switched places. We ended with a pep talk from the press manager of the team as well as eating donuts and getting some merchandise.
Now that a lot of us worked up a nice sweat, we headed inside Tel Aviv and had free time to eat lunch and shop in the Shuk. There was a lot of produce and shops. As a group we then reconvened in front of the Shuk and started a walking tour of the city. We started downtown and saw many tall skyscrapers and beautifully constructed buildings and went all the way out to the graffiti district where we saw the works of many famous street artists. Many of us enjoyed the walking and seeing the sights of such a big city and how it differs from what we are used to.
Shortly after to end our day, we went to the old city of Jaffa where we saw the sunset on the Tel Aviv skyline. It was breathtaking to see the city go from bright out to illuminated in an array of lights along the water. Finally, being exhausted we piled onto the bus went to the Kibbutz we were staying at and had a delicious dinner. We then finished off the day with Chanukkah candle lightings and breakout sessions to discuss our trip thus far. We still had 2 days left, but we all knew the memories of this trip were irreplaceable!
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