TL-50-521 Update 3

Final Update: Wow, what a fantastic journey together! Here’s what we have been up to. We woke up early to hike Masada to watch the sunrise. We learned the history, celebrated bar/bat mitzvahs, and enjoyed time to mediate and reflect upon our time together. We learned about the Ancient mountain-top fortress. After this, we had…

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TL-50-480 Update 1

We landed in Eretz Yisrael at 4am with our excited group of 21 participants and 2 staffers! We met our amazing tour guide, Reut, medic/guard Shmuel, and bus driver, Eli. After some quick ice breakers we were on our way to Casarea National Park. We saw ancient Roman ruins while we felt our first sea…

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TL-48-257 Update 2

Hello! Everything on Bus 257 is going so well!! Everyone really enjoyed ATVing, rappelling, rafting, and river walking. Today, we also visited Tzfat– everyone LOVED visiting Abraham at the Tzfat Gallery of Mystic Arts. Here are some photos. Alexa

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TL-48-257 Update 1

Hello from Bus #257!  We landed around 4:30am this morning. We visited Caesarea, Zichron Yaakov, and Beit Rimon (where our Tour Educator lives)! He invited all 40 of us over for snacks. We just wrapped up our Speed Friending activity, and are heading to dinner soon. We’re all extremely tired, but it was an amazing…

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TL-48-166 Update 2

After an amazing three days in the north, we arrived to the holiest city, Jerusalem. The last stop before we got to Jerusalem was the Baha’i Gardens in Haifa (pictured here). Yesterday was a very special day known as Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day). There was a flag parade and thousands of people on the streets…

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TL-48-23 Update 2

Today we packed up and left the amazing residence at a kibbutz and spent our morning in Tzfat Old City! We were in awe of the beauty and architecture of one of the holy cities in the land of Israel. After our lovely morning we headed out to meet our Mifgash, or Israeli friends! We…

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TL-47-325 Update 2

After a cozy night in the Bedouin tents, we hiked Masada and congratulated a whole team of B’Nai Mitzvah participants, then headed down from the fortress to feed some camels and load back onto the bus. We floated in the Dead Sea and meditated in the grass before spending another night under the stars camping…

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TL-47-363 Update 1

March 22nd: Quest Bus 363 hit the ground running. We ate breakfast at beautiful Nof Kinneret Hotel. We left at 8am sharp to tour and hike The Banias Nature Reserve. Moran, our Israeli tour guide extraordinaire, taught us about the origin of the land. Originally it was called “Panias” but the Greeks changed the pronunciation…

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TL-47-543 Update 7

Well folks, this is it- our final update from bus 543. Today was our final day. We began eating breakfast at the hotel, then loaded the bus to begin our tour in Jaffa. We unloaded the bus in the ancient seaport and began our exploration. We learned about historical sites, some well known people who…

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TL-47-543 Update 6

We are in our last 48hrs together as a group. Time flys when surrounded by loving humans who are engaged in learning, exploring, and creating a cohesive group. Today was a day to remember! We began with delicious breakfast, followed by exploring the worlds largest erosion crater at the Ramon crater visitor center. We learned…

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