Posts by Brian IO

Hi There! Our group is SO excited to be in Israel. Despite a long day of travel and arriving in Israel early this morning, we have had an amazing first day together! We started the day with breakfast at Ben Gurion, then made our way to Caesarea, where we were able to learn more about…

Our group has been off to an amazing start with camaraderie instantly at the airport. The group is very passionate and eager to learn more about Israeli culture. We’ve welcomed two amazing Israeli peers who met us for a fabulous lunch in the German Colony. Today we visited the Old City learning about the history…

Hi! My name is Jesse, and I am a staff leader from Boston University Hillel’s Birthright Trip, TL-46-228. We have arrived to relaxing hotel in Tiberias, right next to the Sea of Galilee. After arriving in Israel this morning, we had a lunch pitstop in Alonim. Most of our students enjoyed delicious hummus plates at Hummus…

Here’s an update of our trip. We started arriving to the airport at 10pm all the way until 4am. While all of us were really hyped up, some were also significantly late, which made it officially a group trip (being early and on time is almost always impossible when you have a bunch of people…

Hello! We have officially been in Israel for almost 24 hours and are having THE best time! A few participants  are waiting for their bags to catch up, but all have a positive attitude, and after the airport we had an opening ceremony at Caesarea National Park and did some ice breakers at the hotel…

Had a great first day in Israel. Definitely tiring dealing with jet lag but we pushed through. Spent some time in Caesarea and got to see the famous aqueduct. Then we journeyed to Zikhron Ya’akov and walked along the street of the pioneers who founded the city, and some participants stopped to taste the famous…

We arrived in Israel yesterday around noon after a short delay out of Canada. We met up with our guide Marina who has been great. We stopped for lunch in Zikhron Ya’akov then checked into our gorgeous beachfront hotel. We’re currently on our way to the Gadot Lookout and Jordan River for hiking and rafting.

Boker tov! (Good morning!) We arrived yesterday and dove right into exploring the country, making new friends, and setting the tone for the next 10 days. We drove to the world heritage site Caesarea to see the famous historical aqueducts and started our trip with a l’chaim (cheers) to our journey, as well as a…

Hello! We have arrived and are already having a blast. Lots of fun bonding already happened on the plane. We love our tour guide Yoni, Mamon the driver, and Yulia our security guard! Yoni gave us a great overview of Haifa and the Bahai Gardens. We got to see a wedding happening! It was gorgeous. We finally…

Bus 480 arrived in Israel after a smooth trip and met our wonderful tour guide Yaacov Shabbat. We boarded the bus, and listened to a few Jerusalem theme songs on our way to a lookout point over Jerusalem. We did a quick shehechiyanu ceremony, took the pictures you see here and were on our way…