A post from Nora (more photos to follow tomorrow)

Tuesday February 22, 2011

(Pictures from Monday night at Kfar Giladi)

 From Nora:

Yesterday night after we put out suitcases in our room, we toured the kibbutz.  We had a guided tour around different sites on it, and heard stories about each place.  We learned about how they weren’t allowed to bring weapons into the kibbutz, so they hid them before and during the Independence Day  war.  Our tour guide showed us the room where they hid the weapons and we had to try and find the secret door where the weapons were hidden.  No one could find the door (although Maddy found the loose nail that was where the trap door was) so the tour guide showed us where they were hidden.  We had to climb down underground and we got to see all the weapons.  After that we went to dinner.  Dinner had two kinds of soup (and soup nuts!), a salad bar, meat, fries, rice, and many other yummy things!  After dinner all the kids and Sarah went down to the indoor pool.  We played games and hung out, and at 9:00 we went back to our rooms to go to bed.

Today we woke up at 8:00, and had a very good breakfast of cheese pastries, cheese crepes, bread, cereal, and much more! At about 9:30, we went on a short hike at Tel Dan.  Yishay gave us the m ap and we had to navigate our way.  We had to work together to decide which way to go.  (The map was in Hebrew).  We hiked to a flour mill, to a small river, and then back to the beginning. 

After that, two jeeps met us and we went on a fun tour of the Golan heights!  In one jeep was Audrey, Maddy, Gideon, Ilan and Drew, and in the other one was Me, Jesse, Naomi, Sarah, Shira, Yishay, and of course both of them had the driver!  The windows and back were open, so we got wet and muddy, but it was so much fun!  The ride was bumpy, and I flew up one time!  We stopped one time to hear the story of the six-day war, and we walked through a bunker!

  After, we got back in the jeep and drove to our bus.  We drove about ten minutes to some picnic tables, and ate a yummy bagged lunch of olives, cheese, bread, tuna, oranges, hummus, tomatoes and cucumber.  Then we saw a playground, and we played there for a few minutes. 

Then we got back on the bus and drove an hour to the cemetery where the pioneers of Israel were buried.  We saw the grave of the poet Rachel, and listened to one of her songs. 


Then we drove to a place where you could see the Jordan River, and we watched many Christians being baptized again.  Then we got back in the bus, and we’re on our way to Jerusalem!  Yay!