At 9:15 we all met at the front gate to meet our two buses. It was totally weird to me that our group needed two huge tour buses as opposed to a small twenty-seat sheirut, because that's what I'm used to from the Early Start program. Anyways, we were on the bus for about twenty minutes before we arrived to our destination. A ropes course! They split us all up into a couple of groups so that we could all do all of the activities, and my group started on the low ropes challenge course. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's basically a series of outdoor team-building exercises via games and unique challenges. We had a great time with those for about an hour and a half, then our whole program met up to eat lunch. After lunch we all switched spots, and the ones who did the low ropes course were then invited to take a nice bike ride. The first biking group said that the course was impossible and that we were all going to die on it, so everyone had a little bit of nervousness within. Turns out that the course was simply awesome, and a wee bit challenging. I felt like I was really channeling my inner Gindin as I biked the mountainous paths of the Ben Shemen Forest.
Speaking of Ben Shemen Forest... Basically it's this place that's super close to where the whole Chanukah story, with the Maccabees, took place, and also about ten kilometers from where the story of David and Goliath notoriously occurred.
After our beautiful but dirtying bike ride, we headed out to Yerushaliam to give the new students a chance to see the Kotel and everything else. For me, it was nothing super new but I had a great time hanging out with Adina Polack for most of the evening. Though I will mention that while we were saying Mincha at the Kotel, the Princess of Thailand (if I remember correctly) came to see the Kotel... Indeed she brought security men with her- on the women's side of the mechitzah, nonetheless, which didn't go over very well amongst some of the praying women. I must say that I was a little surprised at the wheelchair she was sitting in and umbrella over her head. I guess I just thought that a princess would be a little more active. Haha.
I came back to Ramat Ef'al after Yerushalaim, and I've just been hanging out since. I will say that I felt more sticky and dirty this afternoon than I have since I've been here. I didn't really realize how dirty I was until I got home, so here's a picture of my leg:
Ew is, in fact, an appropriate response... I wont be offended. :)
Lila Tov, to all. I'm sorry my post today wasn't so enthusiastic and exciting-- hopefully tomorrow I'll be a little more awake!
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