Last trip!

4/10

This morning we got up and left Tzuba :(. We drove to the north by the Kineret to learn about the חלוצים. We started at a restored version of what used to be one of the farming towns. Then we went to a beautiful look out over the Kineret and the mountains and fields and are lunch there. Then we stopped at a date farm then got on the busses and headed back to Jerusalem to the place where we would be staying. Once we dropped off our things, we walked to the German Colony for dinner. I went with a few of my friends and we ate some delicious pasta and ice cream from (of course) Aldo's. 

4/11

Today we had a full day Tiyul to Tel Aviv! 

We got off the bus in the morning and started our class. דוד led us around to the old neighborhood where we learned about the חלוצים and Zionism. We got a mini graffiti tour and got some delicious ice cream. 

After our classes we went to the beach for a few hours to hang out before services.

For services we went to a secular synagogue. It was a little room and very crowded! There were the regulars, and us, and also a group of people from South America. We were sitting on the floor practically at the Rabbis feet. But all in all, it was one of the funniest services I've ever been to. There was a lot of energy and everyone was singing and dancing the whole time!

4/13

Today is Sunday and although we are not at the kibbutz, we still have classes....sort of. For Hebrew we got up early and drove to Har Hertzl. There we were split up in groups and given a list of things we would need to buy for our picnic later on and directions on where to meet. Then we were on our own. It was like NFTY-EIE amazing race. We ran to the airtrain platform and bought tickets then hopped on the train. We got off at the Shuk and bought our stuff. When we got off the train out Hebrew teachers were there to help us out and to say hi. My group was in charge of 40 pitas, 40 of the cheese filled pastries, 4 (containers) of green olives, and 5 (containers) of sour pickles. Once we were done with that we walked about 15 minute to a nearby park for Jewish history and lunch. There we had a mini class with our JH teachers. After lunch and some free time to play around in the park we got back on the bus and went back to where we were staying for general studies. 

For dinner (since the food where we are is so bad), after we had our meetings we walked to a falafel place about a block away. Last pita for a while!