Posts by Sara Beth Levin Weller

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We landed smoothly and met with Benzi, our tour guide. Things are going well, and the participants are opening up more and more to each other. We’re looking forward to an amazing next few days.

Hello, We arrived in Tel Aviv yesterday at 11am and everything has gone extremely well since arrival.  When we arrived we quickly found our staff/security/driver and then did a quick tour of Tel Aviv and then made our way to Jaffa where we did a tour before heading to the hotel. After checking in we…