The First 2 Days

So here it is a blog...I'm more tired than I'd like to be but I guess that's a good thing. All I can ask of myself is a quick recap of the past 2 days events.

I arrived early in the morning on Sunday straight from Tel Aviv. A quick shower and I was on my way to meet the kids. As soon as I entered the room they were talking to me, it was great. The best way to learn a language in my mind now is to go to a foreign country and work with children. They never stop talking!

We played a game of soccer (football here) and made cars that propelled themselves using a balloon expelling its air. At first I thought the camp was a school that was in session. The kids were wild and fighting more than I expect American children in the same situation to do. I later found out that it's a actually a summer daycamp program, so that explained the rowdy behavior.

After my time at the school we went to the Jewish Agency offices for a lovely lunch and some formal introductions, very much appreciated. After that it was back to the hotel, exhausted. I managed to make it down to the pool and finish reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (just ok). Then it was straight to bed to try and regain my voice which I lost in Tel Aviv.

Today I was up and enjoyed an Israeli style breakfast. Off to the camp where we were quick to get on a bus and spend the day at the pool on a nearby kibbutz. After that it was a gratis Chinese lunch on the Kinneret and then a wonderful jeep tour of the area. I'll write the details later. Then I got dropped off downtown and spent time looking for things I need. A walk up the hill back to the hotel..long and hot even in the dark...then rest...then shwarma and a Carlsberg...then back to the hotel...sometime on the internet (now)...and maybe a quick visit with the Birthright kids who are screaming and partying on my front porch...or maybe bed. Until later.