I hope you all are enjoying the beginning of the new year :) Penn State Hillel is having an amazing time starting the new year off in the Holy Land with Taglit-Birthright on Bus #10. Read about what they're up to below. Have a happy and healthy new year!!
Hi friends and family!
Shalom from Israel! How great it is to finally be here! We are so excited to have arrived safely, soundly, and happily in Israel, and everyone is having a fantastic time! After landing in Tel Aviv yesterday, we met our Israeli staff, all of whom are awesome. Erad, our tour educator, is incredibly knowledgeable...he has yet to be stumped by any of our questions; our guard/medic, Stas, keeps us laughing with his jokes; our bus driver, Rafi is great and is navigating through the cities with expertise.
After a brief orientation, we spent the night at Kibbutz Maale Hachamisha. We were off to an early start this morning as we drove through many different landscapes on our journey north, from the desert (where we saw camels, Bedouin villages, and the Dead Sea, all of which we'll get to explore fully later on in the trip), to the mountains of the Golan Heights. We waved at Jerusalem but will have to wait until next week to explore the city :).We spent the afternoon in Tzfat, the home of Jewish mysticism, or Kabbalah. Despite a bit of rain, we had a great afternoon of shopping and walking around the city, talking to locals, and of course...eating falafel and shawarma :) The meals have been great so far (we all know this is important!), and we're off to bed to rest up for another busy day.
We're looking forward to the coming days, and hopefully we'll get a chance to write again soon.
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