The Past Few Weeks...And One Special Note...

Sooo sorry to all of you who have been religiously checking my blog these past few weeks and have not seen anything new of my fun adventures to the Sea of Galilee, Tel Aviv, and finally moving into my new apartment in Be'er Sheva. These past few days have been very busy especially with getting unpacked while undergoing the apartment remodel. I promise in the next entry I will post pictures of my new room and how the apartment looks... it should be cool when it's done.

I last left off with a trip to the Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, that is. It is about a 3-hour bus ride from Tel Aviv with a short bus stop in the city of Tiberias. I traveled with my friend Carly Passes (yay camp friends!), and we stayed in a hostel on right the Sea of Galilee called Kare Deshe. This place was gorgeous! It had a full continental dinner and breakfast topped off with amazing veggies and good seafood. Actually, the best part was the private "beach," which was essentially a rock beach but with deck chairs in the water. From there we were able to just hang out, relax, get a good suntan, and swim in the water. And the best part was that our other camp friend, Ofir, who is from Israel, called us and invited us to this party happening on a kibbutz. It was great to see him and just hang out with some of his friends.

From Kare Deshe, Carly and I went back to Tel Aviv and managed to find some things to do... like the beach, and going out some more. One of her friends that she studies with at Tel Aviv University had a birthday bash at her apartment, so I got to meet some people there and of course play a little geography to see who knows who! I put some pictures below for you to check out of these past few weeks. More on my Shutterfly website as well. I also got to meet up with my friend Einat, who invited me to her house and we had a feast with her family! All good times!


Me with Ofir (far right) and two of his friends.
Carly and I with Gal from two years ago GFC.

Me, Allie and Ally (Carly's roommates), Meir and his friend at a concert in the park on a moshav outside of Tel Aviv. It was amazing! :)

Check back soon for more updates! I'll be putting apartment pics up soon too! All the best until then!


***There is one special note I want to add to this blog. Aunt Lynnie, I know things are rough now and I'm praying for ya...You know that time when we were talking about USC football vs. Cal football? Somehow Cal beat USC down to the wire...you are a fighter and will prevail! I have full faith that you will be amazing! Much love to you, Jeffrey and Marissa. Blessings to you from the Holy Land ... (and if it helps, as we say at USC, FIGHT ON! :)***