Island hoping

Today was a very tired day!!!! To start it off, we got to the port because we were going to go to an island called Lopud and found that are ship was a huge cruise size boat, but actually it was a medium sized boat instead.

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Once we got there, I saw a great small almost hidden beach. Since we had got snorkeling gear, we snorkeled and found fish, oral and sea urchins (the prickly things). It was really cool.

 

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After that, we went to walk around Lopud, and found another beach, which we also swam in because it was really hot (that's a lie, the sun was hot, it wasn't so hot out, so in the shade it was very pleasant). After going swimming we went to get ice-cream, and it was very good. After that, me and Sarah went to go get mangos (alright, alright, Sarah says they were peaches, but anyway, they made American fruit taste rotten).



And now my dad and sister went to get pasta for dinner tonight. So tomorrow night I will not be in Croatia, but in Montenegro!!!!!!! So as we say here, dobar (that means goodbye)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what a day!!!!

What a day!!! To start the day off, we walked we walked the city walls, where I learned about the Dubrovnik siege, anyway, it was beautiful, and in my words, every view is better than the next.

  

 

                                

 

Than we listened to some renaissance music, then went to a couple museums, than got lunch an ate at around the walls, and on a small area were we swam.

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And later learned that were we went to and were e got the food was the ideal thing to do according to a book. Then we cameback and all took a nap, then we went to try the cable cars, but they didn't work. after that we went to a beach that had a platform that we Could jump off, and it was really fun.

This is Croatia, over and out.

We made it!!!!!!!

What a day!!!!!!! To start the day off, we woke up at 12:50 and went to the airport. And a good thing too, because the check-in line was as long a a basketball court. We were in the online check-in line, but the people who were supposed to be in the regular economy line were in the online check-in line, so the regular economy line was going quicker than the online check-in line. So, after 2 hours in the line, they finally moved the people to the other line, and at security, customs and border control were uneventful. So was the flight. After that, at security at Frankfurt I saw a familiar face, it was my dad!!!! I hadn't seen him in a month. The rest of the day was uneventful, and we are in our room now (by the way, it isn't a hotel room, it, an apartment).

So, see you later!!!!!!!!! I miss you!!!!!!

Bye Israel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was my last day in Israel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I leave Miriam's house around 1:15/1:30 am. So, I have to go to bed at 6:45/7:00. Well, today, for breakfast we went to a little restaraunt not far from my great grandpa's house. At breakfast, there was Marla (my step-auunt) and 1 of her 3 kids (her kids are Sheri, Guy, and Tali) (Tali was the one at breakfast), Micheal (my step-uncle) and his 3 kids, my great grandpa, my great step-grandma, my mom, my sister, and yours truly,  #14 Mr. Awesome a.k.a. Benny!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to miss Israel, but I'm glad that I get to go to Croatia,Slovenia, Bosia, and Montenegro. So bye!!!!!!!!!!! The next time you'll hear about me will be in Croatia (and yes Grandpa Micheal, I will blog as much as I can)!!!!!!!!! Shalom, Salam, Leheatraot (as we saw here)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Last day here!!!

Today is the last day in Kfar Varedim!!!!! We are going to Tel-Aviv tomorrow because we also leave tomorrow (well, we acually leave on friday, but at crazy hours, we get up at 1 am and our flight is at 5 am). Well, today, we did nothing except go to the pool and watch movies. Now, my step-great grandma's son and daughter brought there family and we all had dinner together. So tomorrow will be the last day a blog in Israel!!!! I'm going to miss Israel so much!!!!!!!!!I miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry

Sorry about yesterday, I didn't have time to blog last night. So, anyway, yesterday, for about 5 hours, we did nothing. Lter, we went to a kibbutz that did water rafting on the Jordan river. It wasn't white water rafting because (apart from a small fall) there wasn't any white water!!! Anyway, I did most of the rowing, and beacause there was 2 oars, Sarah and my mom traided of padling on the other side. So, I got a pretty good workout. After that, we went back to our house and went swimming.
Today, for 6 hours, we (agian) did nothing. Around noon, we went to a really good hamburger joint. They were the 3rd best hamburgers I've ever tasted (behind Redemax and Edzo's). Aftwer that, we went to the pool for 3 1/2 hours it was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss you all so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And if you want to see something really cool, go to google and search my name!!! I'm on ABC 7, ABC 12, and Nick.com!!!!!!!!! Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today

Today was defintely multi-cultural :) (you'll get why that's funny in a sec.). To start the multi-cultural part we went to the Dome of the Rock which is SO much cooler than it looks :)!!!!! The architecture is outstanding!!!!!! Even though it was built about 2,000 years ago, the style is almost modern!!!!!Than after that we saw (or what they think) is the only part of the Bet Ha'migdash (true fact: the Kotel is a supporting wall of the Bet Ha'migdash, not part of the Bet Ha'migdash) Then we walked around the area and saw the real muslim deal. Apparently, the Dome of the Rock isn't the real deal. It's a mosque called the Al-Asqa Mosque. After that, we went to check out of our hotel (before, I said it was an okay hotel, but it was SO cool!!!! There was a pool, a nice breakfast/dinner buffet,and an AWESOME game room)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope it's gets better there in the US with all the heat. But I think it is hotter in Israel than there (either that or the dry heat that I'm not used to makes it 30-35 degrees hotter). I miss you all :) :) :) :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 2

What a day that was!!!!! First, our cousins from Tel-Aviv (Miriam, Gilad, Yael, Yiftach, and Nadav) came the night before. That day, we walked to the old city from our hotel (which is about a 2 mile walk, all up hill). After that, we walked through the shuk. Sarah got some jewelery, and I got a Beitar Jerusalem jersey which is black and yellow. It's really cool. After that, we went back to the hotel and went swimming. So that day was really fun!!! I miss you!!!!

I'm back!!!!!!!!!!

        What a trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To break the three days up, for each day I'm going to write a different post. Thanks for understanding!!!!
      On the first day, we left my granparents for Jerusalem. The first thing we did in Jerusalem was check into our rooms in the Dan Jearusalem hotel. We were in room 514. After that, we took a cab to the Israel museum were we saw in the kids wing, a truck without the frame or the truck part. It was just engine, bumpers, and some other stuff. In the archaeology wing, we saw stuff from the persian and roman empire and when they ruled Israel. Then we went to see the 2nd temple model just in mini version, which were I was able to se all of Jerusalem as what it looked like in 2nd temple period. It was awesome. Then we saw one of the oldest copies of the torah (or a portion of the torah). They were called the dead sea scrolls. Also with them were some of the oldest parts of the tanach. It was so cool!! It is also one of the Jews most important artifacts. That's anough for that day!! I miss you!!!!!

You do not know how HOT I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Is it just me, or is it boiling over here!?!?!?! I can't wait to go to Jerusalem tonight!!!! (Whoops, did I not tell you that) oh well. Today was my last day of camp!!!! Sarah has camp next week, but I don't. Today, (at camp)we went to a pool, where there were 3 slides, and regular swimming area. We were there for a good 4/5 hours. Later today, we (as in me, my mom and my sister) are driving to Jerusalem and where going to stay at a average hotel. Since there might not be any connection to the internet, we might not be able to blog for 3/4 days. So until then, Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sweating over here!!!!

Boy, o boy, it's hot over here!!!!!! I'd say it was about 89 degrees F. here (but since were not used to the dry heat, it feals like 94 degrees F.). Well, on to the important stuff. Today, I had a playdate with a friend that I made at camp. His name was Eliahu (the name like the prophet). First, we played Fifa 11 for my first time (well, really it was my first time playing on a Xbox) I was okay at it, then we ate lunch, his mom hade made shnitzel and pasta, then I showed him 2 games on the computer, and finaly, we played soccer in his backyard. After that, me, my mom, and my sister went swimming. Then we came home, then me, my grandpa, my mom, and my sister had a taki tournament (taki is sort of like uno). My grandpa has won 8 games, Sarah has won 6 games, I have won 4 games, and my mom has 1 game. Then, my grandma made thick crust pizza, which was really good. Then we watched the sunset set over the hills. Then we roasted marshmellows over the stove, I burnt 2 of them, which I gave to my mom, and then the 3rd one, I actually was able to do it. So, after that, I had a popcicle, and then I started bloging. So, so long!!!!! I miss you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boy, I'm really TIRED!!!!!

Today was so hectic!!! Today, we started off with a 3 movie marathon. We watched Flushed Away, the old Karate Kid, and Tom and Jerry.Later we went to Tzfat to see our friends (yes, the same friends as yesterday). We went to the pool, where we met a kid named Shlomo (translation:Solmon) and played the same water polo/football/soccer game as we did yesterday. Then after that, we went to walk to the old city in Tzfat (we never made it there) but on our way there, we went to the artist colony, where my mom got this really cool picture of a tree in Israeli water colors. Then we went for dinner at some restaraunt in downtown Tzfat, then we went for icecream, I got chocolate, Sarah got strawberry sherbert, Jonah got bubblegum, and Micah got pistachio. Then we walked back to there hotel to say goodbye (not really, because we're going to see them in Jerusalem next week). Shalom (as we say here). I can't wait to see you all again!!!!!!! I miss you!!!!!!!

I'm very hot, and very happy

What a day!!!! Today was sort of martial arts day, we learned a little bit of the israeli martial arts. We also learned kung fu and kickboxing (I already knew a little kickboxing). At the end of the day, some of the councelors put on a kung fu show. Later today, we went to Tzfat to see a couple kids from my school. We went to the pool where Jonah (the oldest), Micah (the youngest) and me played water polo/football/soccer in the pool with a couple of freinds we made there. Then we went to dinner, which was in Tzfat, so we walked there (because there hotel was close to where we were going). After dinner,we walked around and got some icecream. Jonah and Micah got bubblegum, Sarah got chocolate and banana, and I got chocolate. Then we walked around some more and saw a old jail that had been ruined in the 1948 Independence War. It also had a lot of bullets holes. There was a watch tower separate from the jail, and both the watch tower and the jail (which is now part of a school) had bullet holes in them.  So long for now!!! I miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a day!!!

 What a day!!!! I started it off with a 2 movie marathon. Then my sister,my mom, my step-aunt, and I went to the pool. We were there for 2 hours, and for most of the time, me and my sister wrestled. tonight I'm going to a sushi restaraunt with my gandma, my grandpa, my step-aunt, her kids (they might or might not come, or some might come and the other won't come, but you get the idea) named Guy, Talia, and Sheri, my mom, and my sister. But before that, we are going to go shoping in Karmiel. I miss you all!!!!! Later!!!!!!!

The trip (in a trip) was awesome!!!

 Sorry I didn't blog yesterday. I could'nt blog because I was up in the Golan hights. Yesterday, we did 2 hikes, saw a waterfall called Banias. It was beautiful. Then we went to go to Senir (which is a water hike) , but when we got there, it was going to close in 9 minutes. So when we went to dinner, we saw a huge forest fire, that we later learned that it was caused by a couple of kids barbecuing. It burned 2 national preserves, and a few cattle fields. We checked in to a hotel called Hagoshrim. It was a kibbutz-hotel. And luckly we got the last room available. Today, we went to Senir, but found a huge (and slow) group hiking in the water with us. So around halfway, we turned around and went to the beginning then turned around and kept walking the trail, then at the end of th trail, the group took the land trail back to the beginning. Then later to day, we went to Misgav Am where we learned all about its history because it's on the Israel Lebananon border and it had been attacked. Sorry I blog any more, my grandma is making me get dressed to go out for dinner. See'ya!!! I miss you!!!!!

What a long (and excited) day!!!

What a long (and exciting) day!!!! Today, I didn't go to camp today because I didn't want to go to the pool with the camp. Instead, I went to a waterpark with sarah, my mom, Marla (my step-aunt), and my cousin Sheri. The waterpark was in Tibereas, so it was very hot (because Tibereas is one of the hottest places in Israel). We where there for about 3 1\2 hours and I did a lot of slides. The blue slides were the easiest of them, then the red slides were the medium slides, and then the white one was the hardest slides because it was a straight drop. Im not going to be blogging for a few days because were going to the Golan. So, until then, So long!!! I miss you!!!!!

Water gun day!!!!

Today was water gun day. We each got a water gun that hooked up to the top a bottle. We went to a field where we played capture the flag. It's not the ordinary capture the flag. Instead of taging people, we had to squirt them with water. And instead of going to jail, you had to go tell a councelor that you got squirted and they would take a point off of your team (each team gets points from how they do in activities). The teams were 3rd grade vs. 4th grade. It was a tie. Next, we did the same thing, except that it was kids vs. councelors, and the kids didn't have a flag to guard, so we all charged the councelors. It was a lot of fun, they bombed us with water balloons, and we sprayed them with water from our water guns. We found a passage way behind to where the councelors had put there flag. we tried that way it didn't work in the beginning, but then towards the end of the game, it worked out, and that's how we got the councelors flag. I got soaked because me and my freind, Yo'av, had a water gun fight. It was a lot of fun. So long!!!! I miss you guys all a lot!!!!!

What a long day!!!

(As I said in the title) what a long day!!! I spent a quarter of the day in a lousy bus with some big mouth, big skull, little brain maniacs, where I got a fat headache and I also got nauseous. Definetly not my best 3 hours. Then we got to the Sachne (natrural water pool) and started swimming. The water was very nice, but it was to hot outside, so when we changed we had to wait in the blazing sun for about half an hour. When we went back, again I also sat in a bus full of big mouth, big skull, little brain maniacs all the way for Sachne (near Tiberias) to Kvar Vardiim (which is a about an hour and a half drive). So, in the end, my day was okay. Laters!!!!

What a great day!!!

Today was a great day!!! I was a little nervous when I started camp. Then, I made 2 friends, and then I made a lot more friends. Today, we made pita (that we made) on a fire (which we also made).Then, we covered ourselves with mud, then we played in a patch with a lot of trees, the counselors were sitting in the far end of the field, in the middle, and we had to sneak up on the counselors, and we used the mud for camo, but the catch was, if a councelor saw you, you would have to go to the beginning of the field. Then we ate lunch (around 10:00). Then we learned how to tie knots. Then we made huts, each group made there own hut, i was in Dan's group. Are hut looks really good. At camp today, I spoke hebrew more than english. Today was thebest day so far in Israel (besides landing here)!!!!! So long for now!!! I miss you!!!!! 

Wer'e up north

Boy, it's hot over here!!! It's 90 degrees here, and I spent half of it in a car (well, really a quarter of our day, but you get the idea).  I'm staying here with my grandparents house in Ma'alot. We start camp tomorrow with my sister. We thinkwe might go to see my other cousins at the gas station (it's no a gas station or a restaurant called the gas station, it's a restaurant at a gas station). Please comment!!

A Day of Firsts

Today was an exciting (and slightly painful) day!! Today was my first full day here in Israel, Today was also (surprisingly) my first day at a beach in Israel, Today was my first day in the Mediterranean sea, and Today, I got my first jellyfish sting(that's the painful part).  Tonight, my aunt and uncle are coming for  dinner , i haven't seen them in so long. Well that's all for today folks! See'ya tomorrow!!!

We made it!!!!

After a day and a half of planes and airports, we finally made it to Israel!!!!! I felt sorry to leave my dad for so long. As we landed in Frankfurt, I saw the Womens World Cup stadium, it was HUGE!!!!! Anyway, as we got to my Aunt Miriam's house, I saw my 3 cousins, Yeftach, the oldest son, Yeal, the middle child, and Nadav. They all came running to the door.I missed them so much, I was glad to see them. For dinner tonight, Me, my sister, my mom, Yeftach, Yeal, Nadav, and there babysiter went to a street fair and had pizza and pasta at a cafe.

almost ready!!!

We're going to leave today!!!!! are plane leaves at 3:40 so we leave our house around 1:00. Today we just go through the final packing. My mom, sister, and I are going to Israel . My dad is staying.Sarah and I are going to camp up north in Kfar Vradim. We are going to stay at my grandparents for the weekdays, then go down to either Tel-Aviv or Jerusalem for the weekends. Then after 3 1/2 weeks in Israel we are going to Croatia and Bosnia for a road trip along the Mediterranean sea. There my dad will meet us. we are going to be there for 2 weeks. It's going to be a blast!!!