Woke up today at about 7:15. It was a tough wake up after a fun night in Tel Aviv. I had shakshuka for breakfast and then we got on the bus at about 8:30. Then we went to the beach! It was a lot of fun. The water was beautiful and the sand was soft. The water was saltier than the water at home, but not unbearable. Nothing like I'm sure the Dead Sea will be like lol. We were a bit short staffed because Rabbi stayed back with kids who overslept and was going to take a cab to meet us. After the beach, we walked into the city and went to the Tel Aviv Stock exchange, which is where the birthright innovation center is and we learned all about the different awesome inventions that come out of Isreal. Charles Bronfam happened to be there while we were and he spoke for a bit. He's super duper rich (we googled his net worth, 2.3 billion) and has donated millions to birthright. He's the highest of head hanchos so that was pretty cool. I introduced myself and told him that Ariel is the best tour guide ever and deserves a quadruple pay raise for how amazing he is. Then we had a presentation from a guy who is an advisor for entrepreneurs which was interesting. Then we went to the market for lunch and I tried this place that Arielle recommended called Basta Pasta which was really delicious. I walked around the market a bit and then we got back on the bus at 3:30 and then we were en route to the desert for the Bedouin Tents. We made a stop at David Ben Gurion's grave to see him and his wife. Batsheva told us all about him and how he was the architect of the state of Israel. The view from his burial was magnificent. We got to the tents around 8:30 and it's quite literally in the middle of the desert. We put our stuff down in our tents. Boys on one side and girls on the other. Outlets were scarce, but all good. There are lights but it's pretty primal. We picked out our mats and sleeping bags from the night to sleep. Then we got dinner, which was very delicious. It was traditional Bedouin food, some sort of meat over rice with some veggies and hummus. After dinner, a Bedouin tribal leader spoke to us. It was difficult to hear him, but interesting nonetheless. Then we went out behind the tents to stare up at the sky and reflect. It was really nice to be outside in the desert and there was a full moon. Anyone who wanted to shared their reflections which was nice to hear. I spoke about how it's ironic that we all go to Binghamton, but we had to come all the way to Israel to become so close. Then we walked back down to the tents and spent the rest of the night hanging out and singing songs. It was another awesome day!