Although three weeks later than expected, I finally made a blog to update everyone on my life in Israel without actually repeating myself a million times. These past three weeks have been a little slow but still a lot of fun and oddly restful. With Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah quickly in a row, we have had a LOT of time off from school, which I am not complaining about. Yom Kippur was definitely a personal fave since I was able to walk in the middle of a main road without any car collisions.
This afternoon I got back from a short trip to the Negev for desert survival. The plan was to hike through the desert from Sunday til Tuesday sunrise to sunset and sleep at campsites on the way. Luckily... a massive heat wave struck Israel this week and almost every trail in the desert was blocked off, I know, such a shame. Our new desert survival included jeep rides to the largest spring in the desert (yes we went swimming), a bus ride to our campsite, a short midnight hike to stargaze and see Venus, then the hardest part... begin hiking at 6 am to finish by 9 am before the ban on trails. I definitely will say I enjoyed our abbreviated hike!
More to come at some point- let's see if I can make this a weekly ordeal
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