Our first Tiyul

Ok, so nothing big to report about yesterday- more boring talks about safety and insurance, and what to do in case of an emergency, yatta, yatta, yatta. After two days of being talked at for hours on end, we were all ready for a break. So last night the Israeli scouts (which stay in the apartments- just notfor Shalem kids.... I want one but we don't get one) took us out to bars or pubs or whatever- I didn't go, just stayed in with Chana (also Shalem) and watched "He's just not that into you"- that's a movie for all of you over the age of youth.

But today, we all piled into busses (that's our whole section, Shalem and Year Course kids together) and drove for 2 hours to what used to be a river up near Haifa I think- can't remember. We hiked down it for about 4 hours, and it was a blast. After we got to the bottom, they explained that we had just traveled nearly the same path that hundreds of Jews had in 1945, when Britain was in control and didn't let everyone in. They rose up against the guards together- with the help of Palmach (an underground Israeli army at the time) until they got to a town at the bottom- a Kibbutz- again, can't remember the name. In the morning, when British troops came looking for them, every one in the whole town would only say one sentence: Ani Yihudi me'Eretz Yisrael... meaning: I am a Jew from the land of Israel.

After that, they fed us dinner of pizza made in front of us on a cool grill thing- can't explain. All I know is that pizza with carmelized onions is the only kind I will ever eat again. Seriously, it was amazing. Much better than Little Tel Aviv.

Overall, feeling great and meeting tons of new and interesting people, all very nice, and generally having a good time.

I posted the pictures so far on Facebook- if you have an account just look for it, otherwise, follow this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2033381&id=1069097522&l=b0922f01ee

Love you all!

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