Updates from Israel
3.6.20: Hi there from bus 513/515! Just wanted to give you an update on our first day! We started the day meeting our Israeli’s at the airport with surprise cupcakes! As our group mingled and got to know each other we spent a while at Cesearea for a welcome before making our way to Zikron [...]
We’re all together, and this is shaping up to be an epic group: mature, positive and fun. Our first night was marked by a family-style dinner here in Tiberias (Northern Israel) followed by a brief orientation meeting, and while many of us sprinted directly towards sleep afterwards a shocking number of our fellow exhausted travelers [...]
Hello from Bus 278! We arrived in Israel in the early evening on Thursday. The last few days have been full of learning, bonding, and new experiences. In the airport we were introduced to our Israeli guide, Dima. Our guide is a historian, with wonderful storytelling skills. He’s originally from the USSR but has been [...]
Bus 277 has been off to a great start! We started our journey in the north in Tiberias. It was cold but we didn’t let that stop us from exploring Caesarea, hiking the Banias and tastings of the wine that the Golan region had to offer. Next day we learned about border conflicts while going [...]
Wrapping up our time in Jerusalem:
All is going splendidly over here with Bus #271! We are having a blast! Since we started the trip in the North of Israel, we are now making our way down towards the center. We began Thursday with a tour of the ancient city of Caesarea, visited the famous amphitheater and walked along the coastline. [...]
All is good on the Bus 273 front. We’ve sent the last two nights in the North and have gotten to explore Mt. Meron, Tzfat, and the Golan Heights (the Syrian border and Banias) . Here are some pics:
Update! We arrived on Monday, Feb 3rd and went straight from the airport to our hotel in Tiberias. The next morning we went on a tour in the Galilee, seeing Mt. Bental and a winery. That night we went to a hot spring spa in Tiberias! The next morning, we toured Tzfat, visiting the candle [...]