By: Zach Levine
Sunday May 7th, 2017 in the land of Israel.
Today is by far the busiest day we've had so far, and potentially will be the busiest day of birthright.
After breakfast we hopped on the bus and headed to our first stop, the water hike. On our way we picked up 4 Israelis (some soldiers, some students) who will be joining our group for the next 5 days.
The hike consisted of pink flowers that we weren't supposed to touch, fish by our feet, and of course, water trees. Rabbi and Ariel (our incredible birthright tour guide) are experts on water trees. Rabbi also wore shorts today, a rare sight indeed.
After the water hike we headed over to an Israeli open market and had Schwarma. Plus, we met 3 more Israelis who joined our group. Then we ventured over to the Golan Heights and looked out into Syria.
Ariel taught us interesting things about Israel's history, conflicts, and terrorism, while we gazed from a breathtaking view on the mountain top, into some of the most "hot" sites in the Middle East.
In addition, he told a moving story that allowed the group to fully understand how important Israel really is, an experience I'm sure no one will forget. After exploring the Golan Heights we hopped back on the bus to our next destination, river rafting.
Ariel told us he had a one-eyed twin brother meeting us at the river rafting site. In reality, Ariel threw on an eye patch and swam away into the river like a majestic Israeli dolphin.
For the rest of us Jews, rafts were boarded with paddles in hand. Rabbi and Shaoli (medic) splashed us, which was very rude. Shaoli made me disco disco boom boom.
After rafting we had one more stop on this life changing journey, Misgov Am, a small community looking over the Northern Countries that border Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. We learned from a 76 year old Israeli Veteran about Israels conflicts in the Middle East, and got a brief overview of his personal story.
Back on the bus exhausted, we look forward to dinner and rest, and the coming days ahead. What an incredible day.
Sunday May 7th, 2017 in the land of Israel.
Today is by far the busiest day we've had so far, and potentially will be the busiest day of birthright.
After breakfast we hopped on the bus and headed to our first stop, the water hike. On our way we picked up 4 Israelis (some soldiers, some students) who will be joining our group for the next 5 days.
The hike consisted of pink flowers that we weren't supposed to touch, fish by our feet, and of course, water trees. Rabbi and Ariel (our incredible birthright tour guide) are experts on water trees. Rabbi also wore shorts today, a rare sight indeed.
After the water hike we headed over to an Israeli open market and had Schwarma. Plus, we met 3 more Israelis who joined our group. Then we ventured over to the Golan Heights and looked out into Syria.
Ariel taught us interesting things about Israel's history, conflicts, and terrorism, while we gazed from a breathtaking view on the mountain top, into some of the most "hot" sites in the Middle East.
In addition, he told a moving story that allowed the group to fully understand how important Israel really is, an experience I'm sure no one will forget. After exploring the Golan Heights we hopped back on the bus to our next destination, river rafting.
Ariel told us he had a one-eyed twin brother meeting us at the river rafting site. In reality, Ariel threw on an eye patch and swam away into the river like a majestic Israeli dolphin.
For the rest of us Jews, rafts were boarded with paddles in hand. Rabbi and Shaoli (medic) splashed us, which was very rude. Shaoli made me disco disco boom boom.
After rafting we had one more stop on this life changing journey, Misgov Am, a small community looking over the Northern Countries that border Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. We learned from a 76 year old Israeli Veteran about Israels conflicts in the Middle East, and got a brief overview of his personal story.
Back on the bus exhausted, we look forward to dinner and rest, and the coming days ahead. What an incredible day.
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