the progress of the trip by pictures.

throughout this post, pay attention to lenght of hair, and other small details like that.
Fiji:

Australia:

sorry to have only one picture. we dont have many of my parents

China:

Dubai:

Israel:

and me from the beggining to the end......

This week's trip

This weekend we went on a trip to Tiberius and Svat so here is my summary:

First we went on a long drive until we got to Rosh Hanikra, which is a place which has caves and water, and it's really cool.

the steepest cable car in the world, at rosh hanikra

After that we went to our hotel in Tiberias, and we went to bed.  The next day we swam at a beach on the Sea of Galilee.  There was no sand, but the water felt like silk.   In the water there were rocks that were about an inch below the surface so I stood on them and walked from one to another, so it looked like I was walking on the water. The ironic thing was, that I was in the same lake that Jesus walked on water in, in cristian culture.

the light show over the lake

signed,
         

                                      
The next day went to Shabbat services in Svat, and the service was really spirited and loud and with lots of dancing.

Daily Schedule on a school day

7:00 am: Wake up
7:10 am: Eat breakfast
7:25 am: Shower
7:35 am: Get dressed (complete with giants kippah)
7:40 am: Get my backpack ready
7:45 am: Leave to walk to school
8:00 am: Arrive at school
8:15 am: Bell rings to start school
8:30 am: Teacher arrives in the classroom
9:30 am: Lunch time (why? I dont know!)
10:00 am: First break
11:45 am: second break
1:30 pm: schools out!
2:00 pm: arrive back at home
2:15 pm: Homework from school
2:30 pm: Math book
2:45 pm: Prayer study (Anim Zmirot)
3:00 pm: Screen time
6:00 pm: Dinner
9:00 pm: Bed time
10:00 pm: Actually fall asleep time

signed,

           
       

Our first trip in Israel

So, we went on a trip, and here is my short summary:


First, we went on a long drive, to get to a tank museum, and that was fun because you could climb on these old military tanks! I LOVED IT! then we took another long drive to get to " Negev Camel Ranch", which was in the desert, and as the name suggests, we rode camels. ( who would ever think of riding camels at a camel ranch!)
no, but seriously, we had a lot of fun riding camels!

Beware the micah with the gun!

phase 1: scared!  phase 2: fun! phase 3: aching!

After that we went to kibbutz magal which is kibbutz where a synagogue member grew up. We were there on a jewish holiday so we got to see a big bonfire and make bows and arrows out of  actually sticks!

My bow and arrow

the bonfire with potatoes being roasted in it

signed,

           

School on sunday

I have to go to school on sunday, but my brother doesn't!
ITS NOT FAIR!
but today i went to school, and it was a sunday. It wasn't bad but I dont like jonah not having to go, and me having to!



signed,

           

Resturaunt reviews

In this post I will be reviewing a few of the resturaunts that we went to. I got a request to do this so here goes:


Burgers Bar:   On our first night here we knew that there was a big street near our house called Emek Refaim. So we walked in the direction that we thought was the right way until my dad asked someone in Hebrew which way to Emek Refaim.  They were like "um, um, do you speak English?" and we said "yes" so they told us that it was just down the road and there were a lot of great restaurants.  So we walked down there and we found a restaurant called Burgers Bar which if you know me, you know I would love.  I ordered a jinormous burger and I ate the whole thing. I also ate some of my brother's chicken tenders 'cause I love me some meat.

Pizza Restaurants on Emek Refaim:
Big Apple Pizza:  Big Apple Pizza is the first restaurant that we saw when we got to Emek Refaim. It is a New York style pizza place that is supposed to remind you of New York.  The pizza there is great but there are two better pizza places that I will be reviewing now...

Pizza Italia:  Pizza Italia is an Italy style pizza that is supposed to remind you of Europe. It isn't my favorite pizza place on Emek Refaim but it is still very good.

Pizza Sababa: My favorite pizza restaurant on Emek Refaim is called Pizza Sababa.  It is only 11 shekels (Israeli money, one shekel is about 1/3 of a dollar) for one slice.  I love it because the taste is amazing and it is extremely cheap so I can buy it with my own money. 

Israeli Food:
Falafel Doron:  Falafel Doron is a falafel place just off of Emek Refaim where we ate one of our first nights.  I got falafel and my dad got shwarma and they were both DE-licious.  They also put pickles, hummus, and french fries in my falafal and that makes it even yummier.

Moshiko:  Moshiko is one of the best falafel and shwarma places EVER but it is more expensive than the other places.  It is on Ben Yehuda Street which is the most famous street in all of Jerusalem. I got Schwarma, but my brother got falafel, so I LOVED them both.


Waffle Bar:

Waffle bar is a resturaunt that sells waffles........Who Knew Right?   But I had a waffle covered in banana and chcolate, it was SO good. My brother had the same thing, but with chocolate. IT WAS SO GOOD!


Re:Bar:   Re Bar is a smoothie bar that we have gone to 2 times, both times it has been good. I dont remember exactly what was in them, but one had prune and pineapple, and one had mango, apple, and cinnamon.

In my last post, I signed my post with a sign that we saw which said Micha quality framing (micha is my hebrew name), so i will sign all my posts with that sign.


Signed,

                         
                 

8 dor dor vedorshav(the song) and other adventures in Jerusalem.

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I've been very busy with school. So, due to the fact that I have a day off from school today, I will be writing about many adventures in jerusalem, and to conclude, i will be giving the lyrics of a song that our family wrote.

 more about my ulpan

At my ulpan, I have about 3 or 4 friends. one is a girl from Seattle, two others are boys from Russia. One boy from russia asked me what sports I play. he said: " you play hoockey? basketball? futbol? basebol?

 I spelled them differently due to the fact that he has an accent when he speaks in the very little english that he knows.

Ulpan pics:

 Various food places in Israel.

we went to lots of resturaunts and food shops so here are pictures of some of the places we went:

The Bible Lands Museum

One of the museums we went to was about the countries that are in the Bible which was called the Bible Lands Museum.  At the museum there was a character that Jonah got his picture taken with and we also took some other pictures so here are some pictures:

Tower of David Museum and Sound & Light Show

One of the museums we went to was the Tower of David Museum which is a museum about this tower that the museum takes place in.  The Tower was actually built by King Herod but King David gets the credit for it, cool!  One week later we saw a sound and light show that they projected onto the tower but unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures so we don't have any pictures of it.  We don't have very many pictures but here are a few.

Israel Museum

Another museum that we went to was the Israel Museum.  There were many interesting things to look at but my personal favorite was the four synagogues from four different countries around the world.

so here are the pictures of the four synagogues:

Byzantine  Synagogue

Indian Synagogue

Italian Synagogue

Suriname Synagogue

Underground Museum

Another museum we went to is the Underground Museum which is a place that used to be a jail when the British owned Israel. 

People we've seen while we've been here

We've seen a lot of people we know and i could list them all but it would be easier for me to just label the pictures:



Becca (left) and Emily (right)

Jonah and I with Benjamin (left) and Alon (center left)

My dad with his friend Brenda

My parents with Rachel

Us with the Rosenthal family

My dad and his friend Yekiel

Us with the Lipschitz's



The Dead Headless Bird

One day while we were walking to school we walked past a dead, headless bird.  I felt like taking a picture of it so I did and here's the picture:

Israeli Independence Day

On Israeli Independence Day, which is today, we had the day off from school.  But, on Israeli Independence Day eve, which was last night, we saw lots of inflatable hammers, shaving cream, and silly string.  All part of the holiday festivities!  Then we saw fireworks which were great.  And here are the pictures of the fireworks and many inflatable hammers:

Yom HaZikaron

Yom HaZikaron is a time that remembers all the Israeli soldiers who died in wars.  At my school we had a ceremony where there was singing and we lit a candle to remember the soldiers.  So here is a picture of the singers:

Singers at the ceremony

Ok, after all that here is the song

The song is to the tune of L'dor V'dor which is a hebrew song:

Dor Dor Vedorshav

Dor Dor Vedorshav

we live at 8 Dor Dor Vedorshav

I'ts in the german colony

near emek rafiam

in yerushaliieem

I'ts in the german colony

near emek rafiam

in yerushaliieem

Dor Dor Vedorshav

Dor Dor Vedorshav

we live at 8 Dor Dor Vedorshav

I'ts in the german colony

near emek rafiam

in yerushaliieem

Signed,