Today was such an amazing day. We started out meeting 8 Israeli Soldiers. They are going to be with us for the next 4 nights as participants on the Birthright experience. The Israeli soldiers have brought a lot of energy with them. They currently serve in both the Air Force and the Navy and are between the ages of 18-20. We are already impressed by their commitment to their country, and they are still so young. Tal, Anna, Dana, Yuval, Zev, Eilad, Ben, and Gilad are all amazing and are really sharing a lot of Israeli culture with us.
After meeting the soldiers, we quickly headed to the Arbel Mountain for a “short hike”, or at least that is what our guide Avi told us. We must preface this next part by saying, “short” to an Israel literally means “straight down, rappelling from the side of a mountain face without any harnesses holding on for dear life” but hey “Welcome to Israel”. The view from Arbel Mountain is breathtaking. We had no idea that the Golan Heights was going to be so green! We were able to see for what seemed like forever, and the K’nerret was almost teasing us with its blue fresh water.
Luckily, the rest of the afternoon was spent enjoying the cool clean waters of the K’nerret, Israel’s largest freshwater source. Spending time to get our new friends was amazing, and we can already tell that they are as unique as the land.
This is all we have for today. The Golan Heights today, Tzfat tomorrow.
L’Hitraot
