Most of us are on the plane and we’re sad to leave but ready to get home. See you soon! UPDATE: We made it back home to LAX! Check back over the next week since I have more photos and descriptions to add.
February 4, 2012
Lunch at Abou Lafia and walking along the Namal
Some of us are splitting off from here so it was time for our farewell meal: Lunch at Abou Lafia. They have a dairy/pastry location on the street but since we would be blocking traffic to have all of us standing and ordering our food we went into the larger restaurant across the street. I’m [...]
February 4, 2012
Late start and on to the Ayolon Institute
Coupled with the early bedtime, we had a nice morning with a late wakeup and time for a relaxed breakfast. Some of us will be leaving for Eilat and Petra this afternoon but first we all went to the Ayolon institute – a secret munitions factory built before the war for independence. This amazing story [...]
February 3, 2012
Shabbat dinner and early Tu B’shvat at Darchei Noam
We had a few hours to relax after Jaffa and then Moti took us to a Progressive (Reform) Jewish synagogue outside of Tel Aviv where we were met by Rabbi Stacey Blank and her congregation who hosted us for a lovely Tu B’shvat Seder with the 4 fruits and 4 cups of wine. They were [...]
February 3, 2012
Tel Aviv – Rabin Museum and Jaffa
I just realized that I have not let our readers see an example of the famous Israeli hotel breakfasts. I prefer the fruit myself but there is a large collection of baked goods and even different fish! After breakfast we went to the Yitzchak Rabin museum where we learned the history and events surrounding his [...]
February 2, 2012
BlackOut dinner
Skipping ahead for now – after the play (which i hope to write up soon) many of us went straight into the BlackOut dinner – after we ordered our food (or asked for the ‘surprise dinner’ as many of us at our table did). Then we are taken in to a completely dark room – [...]
February 2, 2012
Tel Aviv Theatre- “Not By Bread Alone”
Even though it was already a long day, we had an exciting evening ahead of us. First was a performance at the Na’ laga’at theatre of “Not By Bread Alone” – a play by a group of deaf and blind performers. It was emotionally charged since we learned about their individual stories a well as [...]
February 2, 2012
Zichron Ya’akov – Somek Winery
Another day of eating and enjoying some wines. One of my missions this summer was to find unique wineries that would appeal to not only the pallet of our TBS travelers, but also to fulfill the opportunity for our TBS travelers to meet and speak with individuals throughout the country. Our two main wineries, Na’aman, [...]
February 2, 2012
Zichron Ya’akov walking
I took the group that had had enough wine tasting (or just plain didn’t like wine as in my case) and went for a walk to the ‘midrachov’ or pedestrian mall in Zichron Ya’akov. No pictures here, but imagine a sloped pedestrian mall with boutique clothing, toy, and foodie stores. It was nice going to [...]
February 2, 2012
Visiting the Druze village
We are sitting in the living room of a Druze family that takes in groups like ours as their family business. We are learning about he history and differences of the Druze religion. What was most interesting ( to Matt at least ) was their observance of both secular and religious Druze where both are [...]
February 4, 2012
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