Friday, April 16, 2010

Day 2: A Hike and Mediterranean Sea Caves

Today began with a beautiful nature hike in the hills near the Kibbutz where we stayed. Some of it was pretty tough, but everyone enjoyed the great scenery and the river we hiked next to for much of the walk.

From there we went to Rosh Ha'Nikrah for lunch before taking a cable car ride to the sea caves near the border with Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea. The wind and waves have ground out caves along the cliffs in this area. We spent some more time at the beach before travelling south to Nahariyya for ice cream and free-time walking the city. This is a city that is not usually visited by tourists, so it was a different experience for the kids compared to what they'll see later in the trip in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. One student said (paraphrasing): "I felt like people were looking at us in the same way that we would look at a group of, say, German tourists speaking only German on the street in America."

We were all pretty much bushed at this point, so we headed back to the kibbutz to clean up, have dinner, and talk about what's in store for tomorrow.


Israel Trip - Day 2