On May 27, we spent the day in Jerusalem. We started off the morning at Machaneh Yehudah Market, trying the freshest juices and most delicious pastries! Next up was the Western Wall for a spiritual experience, and then off to the Jewish Quarter in the Old City for lunch and the rest of the afternoon.…

UT Hillel Bus 226 had a busy few days, full of activities and tours, and we ended the weekend after a restful Shabbat. On Day 3, we woke up to tour the mystical city of Tzfat, which had beautiful art galleries and shops to look through. We had an upgraded lunch at Mitbalim in Rosh…

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem! So far we’ve been to the Banias waterfall in the North, rafted on the Jordan River, visited Tzfat and yesterday we got to go to the Western Wall and see the Old City of Jerusalem. We’ve been loving our trip.

Hello, this is Maria and Walter from Bus 229.During our first 3 days we visited Tiberias, Tzfat, and Jerusalem. During our visits, we rafted at Kibbutz Goshrim and enjoyed a wine tasting at the Rimon Winery.

On our first full day in Israel we woke up from sleeping at a kibbutz and hiked up Masada! Followed by a dip in the Dead Sea and a dinner with Bedouins. Starting off our adventure with a packed and sunny day and looking forward to a restful Shabbat in Be’er Sheva.

Greetings! Today we travelled to the mystical city of Tzfat. We visited a beautiful old synagogue, handmade candle shop, and archeological tunnel site. Our inner artists were unleashed in a spiritual painting session. We then wandered the lovely blue and stone streets and browsed local artists’ shops. After fueling up with some falafel, we headed…

Hello! My name is Jonas, I’m a rising senior at BU, and I’m writing today’s update for the trip blog! Day 2 — Wednesday, May 25th: This morning, after a quick breakfast at our hotel, we set out to hike Mt. Arbel. Or, rather to hike down Mt. Arbel (our bus dropped us off at…

After an insane day of travel with a six hour layover in Madrid, our group finally landed in Israel late in the evening on Tuesday to be greeted by the rest of our Israel Outdoors staff! We headed straight to Kibbutz Almog to try to get some sleep before our first real busy day ahead. The next morning…

Bus 129 is having a blast! We have had an extremely fun and busy week that included: rafting in the Jordan River, a tour of Tzfat, ATVing, a winery tasting/tour, a kibbutz bonfire, a tour of Akko, and an afternoon at Caesarea beach, and many more amazing fun activities! We are on our way to…

Everyone’s having a great time! People who just met two days ago already seem like great friends. I’m overhearing  plans for groups to go to Shabbat together once we return to SF and everyone is sharing stories about their loved ones back home. We had to cancel the lagoon hike because of some water contamination,…