Jerusalem
On Monday evening we went to the Commissioner's Palace, (the British Commissioner), which overlooks all of Jerusalem. We could see the 3 main valleys, the Mt. of Olives, the walls of the Old City and the new dividing wall. For dinner, we went to Yehuda St., not the same as Ben Yehuda.
On Tuesday, we had a half day Tiyul in the City of David, or Old Jerusalem. This was the first time we saw the Old City in the day and it is amazing!!!!!!!! Of course, this was a learning trip, so we brought all of our notes and learned about the rules of the Kings Saul, David, and Solomon. We also saw the different parts of Jerusalem. Within the old city there are 4 quadrants and we always walk through the Armenian section. We also were very close to the Arab section of Israel which is definetely the poorer and less built up area.
The weather here has been crazy. It was supposed to snow yesterday, but instead we just had hail. But, it has been cold, actually probably colder than home is now!! It's been a very hard week with trips and then a huge Jewish History test this morning. I studied for 4 hrs. last night and the test was 3 hrs. long this morning!!!
For Shabbat, our group split and went to three different congregations. I went to a community outside Jerusalem that doesn't really have an actual synagogue, just a small building where a few people pray, but they have a rabbi and it was an interesting service. It actually reminded me a lot of services at home, except pretty much all in Hebrew!!
Tonight, I went to the infamous Friday night activity of the club on the kibbutz. It is a hang out area for teens on the kibbutz, so basically it's a dance partayyy!!!! and there are strobe lights and such, so we dance until about 1:30 AM or so. It's a lot of fun and there are Israelis there that are my age.
