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Day 7: Tel Avi, Ya Chabibi Tel Aviv!

Wednesday, 21 June, 2017 - 12:44 am

 Woke up today at 8 and we had to pack up all our stuff because we were leaving the hotel. Then we got breakfast. I had delicious shakshuka and potatoes. Then we got on the bus to head to Tel Aviv. The Rabbi told a really great story about Eddie Jacobson. He was Harry Truman's friend who convinced him to meet with this leader of the Jewish community to get to the US to support the Israeli state at the UN in 1948. He talked about how Eddie was Jewish and it was his duty to help because him and Truman were friends since they were young. Then we got to Tel Aviv! We got an awesome tour of the city. Ariel told us about a couple of famous people in Israel's history. One guy who became a real estate agent because he could throw super far and the distance you could throw is how much land you could buy. We learned about this guy who is on the 50 shekel bill. He won the Nobel Prize. 13% of Nobel Laureate Prize winners are Jewish. We learned about a couple of other famous people in Israeli history too. Also, our soldiers showed us some cultural things about Isreal. Stuff like hitting on girls (Guy and Eyal), the male Beyoncé of Israel, who is Shlomo Artsie (Iddo), Israeli TV shows (Arden). Then we went to lunch at Serona Market (Israeli version of Chelsea market). I ate this sausage thing. Nice to get that in Israel lol. Then we went to a flea market in Tel Aviv and just walked around. The stuff was very antique like and cool. We were there for about an hour. Then we went to the Jaffa look out which had an incredible view and we sad goodbye to the soldiers. It was very sad, but lots of laughs. There was an American who spoke for each of the soldiers. I spoke about clean shaven Iddo and I told a story about how he new all the words to an NWA song and how surprised Sam and I were when he started rapping. I thanked him for being so open and awesome to us and answering all our questions. Then all the soldiers said a few words and it was time to say goodbye. On the way back to the bus I came up to the Rabbi to say hi, but I came up from behind and I saw on his phone that he was on urban dictionary looking up the word "tripping" which was hilarious. I then shouted out to the group about it and he tried to cover my mouth, but everyone had a really great laugh about it. Including him. He's the man. Then we got back on the bus and went to the hotel and we got there at about 6:40. For dinner I had, chicken, rice, couscous, and this veggi thing that was good. Then we showered and were ready to be on the bus by 8. We then took the bus to Tel Aviv which was only an hour away We had a blast and definitely drank up. Then we went to the city of Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv was a lot of fun. We went to a couple bars and we were having a great time dancing and singing. Then we got on the bus home and the party didn't stop. We were singing and dancing the whole way home! Then we got back to the hotel and people hung out for a bit and there may have been some late night swimming.

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