four long bus rides... and a cat named Sassy

So, the siyyur this Tuesday was in the north- I was supposed to go rapelling in the mountains, but due to severe rainage (it was STILL storming!!) that was cancelled, and we went to wee the ancient city of Acco and the Bahai gardens instead. It was nice, except for that the bus ride was four hours each way and I had to wake up at 5:30 since Shalem has davening every morning... :)
But I had fun, it was a nice change of pace , and it was pretty. Also, there was a shuk there where I bought a nice scarf for 20 shek- not a bad deal.

Friday Shalem all got up early again (for it being a Friday and usually a day off) at 6:30 and we set off again for the golan, first to Gamlah which is a nature preserve for vultures and eagles and other such large birds of prey, and then we all went to stay in this wonderful moshav called Moshav Yonatan- where Rb.Yossela's sister and her family lives. The scenery as well as the weather were wonderful, and you could see soo many more stars at night than in Bat Yam or MN.

At the Moshav, all the girls were in the same house, in guest bedrooms of a nice house. For meals, we plit off into groups of 2 or 3 and ate at the local families' homes. I had alot of fun practicing my hebrew, and got to play with little kids who reminded me insanely of Sofie and Alex. On Friday night, there was this boy named Ariel was about the same age as Alex, and acted just like him- the way he runs away fom the table, being all pouty. And on shabbat, there was this one year old who was exactly how Sofie was at the same age- spilling all kinds of things on himself, and running around, trying to join his older siblings' games.

I was very happy to find that many families in the moshav had pets- so I met a huge Yellow Lab named Popeye, and a German shepherd/Black lab mix named Skipper- both of whom were so sweet and playful. Then, near the end of shabbat, this adorable and insanely soft cat (who we later named Sassy) was hanging aroung us and letting us pet her- so we took her with us to the rooms we were sleeping at and sat and played with her. She was so adorable, but we couldn't bring her back with us to Bat Yam- even though we wanted to. :)

Just got back after another 3 hour bus ride...
love you all <3
:)