Friday morning we headed to the coliseum. It was awesome! Since becoming certified gladiators yesterday, we channeled that inner spirit and walked around in awe taking lots of pictures. We learned about its history and its purpose from outside the walls and then made our way in to walk around and get up close and [...]
Shabbat
We ended our amazing journey with a busy weekend filled with lots of activities. Friday morning was a bit heavy because we started the day at Har Hertzl museum and Mt. Hertzl national cemetery. This was a really moving experience for everyone having the opportunity to visit the grave site where many fallen soldiers now [...]
Friday we all woke up and had a typical Venetian breakfast at our hotel – pastries and coffee. They even had orange juice that wasn’t in fact orange – it was purple! The teens were skeptical at first, but after they tried it they loved it. Then we walked out of our hotel to a [...]
Hope all is well at home, it surely is here! We have done so many more things this week. From community service at Pichon Lev (an organization for the needy) to relaxing in natural hot springs (complete with waterfall and caves), we really bonded with one another. The highlight of the week for many kids [...]
We are having a great time in California. On Friday morning we got up and enjoyed delicious herbal tea and fortune cookies (they’re actually Japanese, not Chinese!) from the famous Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco. We toured the gardens, took photos and admired the amazing bonsai trees and exquisite flowers. From there our day [...]
We continued our journey Friday for Tel-Aviv where we visited the Rabin center. We learned about the modern history of Israel and the life of Rabin as he effortlessly worked to make peace with his neighbors. It was a great visit! We spent lunch at Carmel market in Central Tel-Aviv to try some local cuisine [...]
Wednesday started with a drive to the Golan Heights and an amazing hike at Nahal Jilaboun river. For lunch we did Pizur at katzrin and had a chance to taste some original humus and shawarma. After lunch we did a Jeep tour to Mt. Ben Tal and got to hear about the history of that [...]
We started the weekend on Friday by waking up in Belgium! We spent the morning visiting a very somber place, Fort Breendonk, a deportation camp for Belgium Jews. That was a very meaningful experience for the teens as we were all able to connect to our past and learn about a very important piece of [...]
Friday was the third day of our journey. We went to four different tourist sites; Netanya for the beach, which was super fun and relaxing. Next was Caesarea, an old Roman city. Then on to Haifa!
Since our last update, it has been very exciting here in London! Friday, we woke up to the results of the UK EU referendum. The Brits voted in favor of leaving the European Union. We can say we were in England while history was made! We spent Friday morning touring Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, which was [...]