On our
second to last day in Israel, we woke up on our campsite, having spent an
exciting night under the stars. After a lengthy process of packing up all of
the camping gear and eating breakfast, we headed to an ecological farm. At the
farm, we gathered in a building that the people who lived there had constructed
themselves to listen to a women talk to us about her history and how she
decided to start the farm. Personally, I found the story very interesting. This
woman had grown up on a moshav but then she moved into the city and became
rather materialistic and very into things like shopping, until she came to
realize that there were more meaningful things in life, and through a series of
other events that I will not go into here, ended up starting the farm. The one
issue with this lecture however, was that the building it was in was very hot
and filled with comfortable couch cushions meaning that many people found
themselves falling asleep. After the lecture, we divided into two groups to
tour the farm. I found this part even more interesting than the lecture part.
It was really cool to see the method they have for collecting rain water on
their roof and storing it to water their plants. Also the homemade little huts
that they live in were really cute and cozy looking.
After the
farm visit, we drove to a Druze village in the mountains. Once we got there, we
went to a hospitality house we were had a very delicious Druze lunch and then
we learned a little bit about the Druze religion.
After
lunch was the moment we had all been waiting for- going to the beach! It was a
very hot day and we were all sweaty and tired so this is just what we needed.
We spent about an hour and a half swimming in the Mediterranean Sea until it
was time to drive to our hotel in Tel Aviv.
After
settling into our (tiny) rooms and eating dinner, we went to an indoor rock
climbing gym. Even though the gym was kind of hot, this was really fun, at
least for me, because I love climbing. Even people who didn’t like climbing got
to have fun though because there was this big rope swing thing where the
climbing staff would pull you up really high and then release you and then you
would go flying!
Then, it
was time to go back to the hotel and shower and pack L. All in all it was a pretty
good day.
-- Karen Weiner
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