After hearing and talking with these two men we then adjourned to the cafeteria where we had a very special dinner prepared for us. They had all TONS of food all that were traditional food that is found here in Israel.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Arabian Night!
After hearing and talking with these two men we then adjourned to the cafeteria where we had a very special dinner prepared for us. They had all TONS of food all that were traditional food that is found here in Israel.
Shabbat Shalom!
DEAD SEA!!! Yippee!
The Dead Sea was incredible. I did not know really what to expect but I was shocked by the amount of Salt that was there. We were told to only go in the Dead Sea for 20 minutes because there was so much salt that it would soak up all the water in our body and we would get extremely dehydrated without even knowing. As soon as I stepped in, it felt so weird. It still felt like water but it also had a slimy feel to it. As soon as I lied down in the water my feet literally went up
. As soon as I got into the water and lied down on my back, my feet went directly in the air. It did not take any control on my part whatsoever. We swam out farther where there was a drop off and I tried to put my feet down in the water and I literally could not put my feet down. It was so crazy! After I had been in the water for while I got out and then we all started putting mud all over our body! It sounds weird but it was so much fun to put mud all over our bodies.
We took a lot of pictures and then got back in the water to wash it off. Oh my goodness, my skin was SO soft! We washed ourselves off and then went shopping for a bit and then left to go back to the center. It was seriously such a fun day! I am so glad that we went!
visit to Jericho
catching up!
Friday, September 25, 2009
EGYPT!!!!
The temples and tombs were also so amazing.
(the first five pictures are at the Karnak Temple. The most incredible ancient temple there is in the world and the last five picture are at Queen Hatshepsut temple. I dont have any pictures of the tombs because the tombs that we went to at the Valley of the Kings did not allow you to take pictures there. Its such a shame because it was so amazing. Maybe look online for pictures.=)
The camel ride was so much fun.
The bargaining in Egypt was CRAZY!!! Whenever we decided to go shopping we were mobbed by all the merchants. I cannot even count how many times I was told I was beautiful and so many men asked me to marry them. I even got offered a million camels. I have got to tell you, even though they were just trying to sell me their stuff and get my attention, they sure know how to boost my self-esteem. I was very flattered, most of the time. The other times it got quite annoying and I kind of got irritated. By the end of Egypt however I got really good at bargaining. At least I think I did. A lot of my friends would ask me to go buy stuff for them. It felt great to bargain! I really loved it!
Mount Sinai was my very last stop in Egypt and is was one of my favorite! We all woke up at 2 in the morning, yes am and got on the bus. We then took a short drive over to the mountain and started climbing. This mountain was a tough one. It was straight up the mountain and it had quite the obstacles to dodge. Hundreds of camels! Everywhere we were hiking we heard “want to ride a camel, long way up.” It was crazy. There was one point where I literally got smashed in-between two camels. It was a little scary. I walked next to one of our leaders who I love to death. Her name is Sue Allen. I get excited every time I talk to her because she reminds me of my wonderful friend Janette Allen. I do miss her but am grateful that I have this Sister Allen to love in the mean time! Anyways, we made it up the mountain and then had the option to climb up on the very tippy tippy top of the mountain. It was 700 more stairs up and many of the girls legs were already shaking and did not want to walk further. However, I was determined and I made it all the way up to the top. We arrived on the top just as the sun was about to come up.
Overall, Egypt was incredible! I actually just looked up the word incredible in the thesaurus because I feel I have been using it a lot and the word I like the best to describe Egypt is far-fetched! So, Egypt was absolutely far-fetched! Ha ha!