Enjoy a couple last updates form Spain, written by two of our participants! What a trip!! We drove to Córdoba on Friday, July 7th . Once we got there we went to the museum about the Spanish Inquisition and its impact on the Jews. Afterwards, since it was Shabbat, there was a self-led service by [...]
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Dear Friends and Families, On Thursday, we had an early morning wake-up and re-entered Spain from the U.K. We walked across the border with our luggage, and got ready for the upcoming bus trip. We made a pit stop on the way to Seville at an equestrian range. We hung out with the horses outside [...]
Dear Friends and Families, After a fun time at the Crocodile Park and Water Park in Torremolinos, we made our way further down Spain to Gibraltar- a small but historically rich country part of the United Kingdom. During our journey to the the southern tip of Europe, we sang the Star Spangled Banner passionately and [...]
Dear Friends and Families, After our hectic few days in Barcelona, we boarded an early morning flight on Sunday to head to the southern part of Spain, a city called Granada in the Andalusian state of the country. We were greeted in Granada by a beautiful view of the most famous building in the southern [...]
Dear Friends and Families, This last Thursday morning, we all finally came together as a group, arriving in El Prat Barcelona Airport from, quite literally, all corners of the world! The excitement was electric and far exuded the exhaustion from hours of flying across time zones. We had just begun and we’re about to get [...]
Written by Ayelet Harbater: This experience has been incredibly life changing and eye opening both educationally and socially. Not only have I met people that I know will be my friends for life, but I also have seen things that have changed the way I look at the world. From touring the small city of Gibraltar [...]
Written by Melanie Teper: Wednesday started off our day eating breakfast at the hotel. There was a wide variety of foods to choose from. There were pastries, fruits, and meats. When we finished eating we headed on to the bus to start the activities of the day. Our first stop was to see a bull-fighting ring [...]
Written by teen participant Jarod: ¡Hola! We finally made it to Spain and HAPPY JULY FOURTH!!! After a long flight, both groups arrived safely. First we visited the Royal Palace of Spain where we had just missed First Lady Michelle Obama who was there just a few days before. The magnificent architecture and pristine colors [...]