Day 2!

Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a nice Chanukah and that you miss us all terribly! We had an amazing day today and are just finishing up our last activity of the night. After a lovely breakfast at the Kibbutz hotel we drove to a lookout point in Jerusalem to take pictures and talk about the city layout and history. We took a group picture, walked to another point, and then drove to the archeological park in the old city. We walked through and talked about the site, traditions and layout of the old city. Then we went to the Western Wall. We separated men and women and walked to the wall to pray and put notes while we reflected. It was beautiful and an amazing experience to see this site that we had heard so much about. Feeling the energy and emotion associated with it was indescribable.

After our time at the wall we ate lunch and explored the old city's Jewish Quarter. The group i was in had falafel! We went shopping and took pictures and had a great afternoon. After returning to the hotel and eating dinner we made and painted mezuzahs with a local Israeli artist. Overall it was an amazing day and had a blast exploring the old city and learning from our guide Yoav. Its absolutely surreal being here.
-Signing off from Jerusalem,
Anna Isserow
p.s. miss you mom, dad, jesse and bandit <3