After Pesach, those of us who stayed in Israel went on a trip all the way up North.
The night before, the person in charge of all the technical stuff in the buildings, Uri, opened up the kitchen to us and he said that we could make whatever we wanted for dinner. Hadassa and Aliza started off by making grilled vegetables. Sarah and I made pizzas, Adi and Arney made pancakes, and quite a few people helped out making the cookies. We set up the tables really nicely in a circle and we all had a really great dinner while we talked about the trip for the next day.
The next day, we woke up nice and early to drive the four hours to the Golan Heights. We stopped after two hours at the usual rest stop for breakfast and then got back on the bus to drive the rest of the way. We basically went as far north as you could go in Israel, even past Mount Hermon. Our first hike of the day was a gorgeous waterfall hike. It wasn't a very hard hike and it was pretty short but we all stopped many times to look at all the pretty waterfalls and the other great scenery sights on the hike. Afterwards we went to Metsudat Choach, a memorial for 28 soldiers that fell trying to defend the land. We ate lunch there overlooking the Valley of Afulah. After lunch we went biking around a lake. The lake was originally part of a large amount of marsh land but they dried it up because all of the mosquitoes that lived there had malaria. The lake is a nature reserve where hundreds of birds stop during their migratory seasons. We got to see quite a few birds and learn all about them. One of the times that our tour guide was talking, I happened to look to my right and I saw a bird flying off with a snake in its mouth! The bike ride was really nice because we had great weather and it was a really nice lake. One of the times we stopped was under this beautiful dock right on the edge of the water and so we all decided to sit down and play Duck, Duck, Goose! It was so much fun!
That night, they took us out for dinner at a really nice meat restaurant. I had a really yummy chicken sandwich. Afterwards, we walked around on the boardwalk look at all the clothes and jewelry. Four of my friends decided to get their ears pierced so they went to this random jewelry stand on the boardwalk and got new earrings! That night we were sleeping at the same hotel that we slept at during the Zionist seminar in Tiberias. All of the people in my room were already there when I got there. When I walked in, they were all staring at me. Melissa told me to look down and I saw blood on the floor. I was so confused. Then I looked at Daniella and I saw that her foot was bandaged. I asked them what happened and they tried to give me this made up story about a strange man coming into the room and knocking her over, but really she just slipped and hit her foot on the edge of the bathtub.
The next day we were going on a much longer hike along a river. It was a slower pace than Yam L' Yam which was nice because we could look at the scenery, but at the same time you still had to be careful and watch your step because at times there were a lot of rocks and it was very slippery. About 1/3 of the way into the hike, we stopped at another waterfall. Eliana and I decided to go swimming. It was so much fun but the water was freezing! It felt really good afterwards when we were walking under the hot sun. We finished our hike pretty quickly after only a few hours of walking and then went to eat lunch. Our bus driver, Nissim, had to go buy food for us at a local supermarket because we didn't really have anything to eat except for bread and cookies. That was pretty much the end of our day except for a pit stop that we made where they bought ices for us. I got a passion fruit flavor and it tasted so good!
We got back to our dorms just in time for a great pizza dinner. We also got to see so many people coming back from vacation which was really cool because we haven't seen some of them for weeks! I'm so excited for the upcoming events of the rest of the year! Shalom V'lehitraot!
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