So yesterday after leaving the Canada Centre we headed back to our hostel with no internet to get ready for Havdallah. Havdallah, for those who don't know, is the ending of the Sabbath and my favourite part of the weeks. I like the songs, the candle, the spices and everyone standing around in a circle together. That was the end of Shabbat. After that we went to a local watering whole in Kiryat Shmona (I think), and had some drinks there. After getting dropped off by the bus, following the driver for a 10 minute walk, we realized that we were in the wrong place and had to walk back. 10 minutes later, we got on the bus, drove for 30 more seconds, and were outside the bar. Fun. The bar was fun and we played pool and chatted with some of the local folk. Some friends ordered some edemame beans, and so I grabbed one from the bowl and put it in my mouth only to realize that there were no beans inside the shell...someone else got to it first....yumm...
Sunday morning we woke up at the hostel and packed up our stuff and ate breakfast. we loaded the bus and headed out to do some ATV-ing! It was really fun. We took a driving test consisting driving the ATV around in a circle twice. I passed. Amelia rode on the back of mine, as each needed two people and she couldn't drive her own. That lasted about an hour and a half and in the middle we stopped at the top of a lookout overlooking the Hula Valley, including the resevoir and a bog they are rebuilding to try and bring some birds back to their original migratory routes as a crossroad between Africa, Europe and Asia. On the other side of the Valley was the Golan Heights. What an amazing view. I will post some pics when I am able to.
After ATV-ing we went for lunch to an amazing pizza place in Kiryat Shmona and walked around for an hour. The Market wasn't open, so we wandered into a small mall. I checked the score of the Vancouver game 2 and was sad....
After we went to the Schafim school (See the first post for the link to this school). we watched a viceo about what the school is about, and it is an amazing place. They serve children of all faiths, whether Jewish, Muslim, Druze or Christian, who have medium or extreme special needs. There are 44 students and 55 teachers or so. What an amazing school and I am extremely proud to be able to spend some time making it better and helping to enrich the lives of these children and the community. I will write more about the project when it begins on Tuesday.
After that we went to Tel Chai College to meet our Israeli hosts. I am staying in Kibbutz Dafna with Asa. We get along great and will have an awesome five days here. On the kibbutz, there is a little stream and field that we can go hang out at tomorrow afternoon. He has a computer, so I will have access to l'internet. I am working on my hebrew and have learnt kaff - big spoon, sa-kine - knife, and some others. I already knew fork, which is muzleg.
After meeting the Israeli's, we played some ice breaker games and had some dinner all together. Then we came back to the kibbutz, met some of Asa's friends and then we all went to meet up with some of the other Canadians and Israeli hosts for some tea and dessert, and to talk a bit more with everyone and meet more people and work ou my Hebrew.
Today was a good day.
Sincerely,
Elliot S. W. Einstein
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