Dear lovelies,
Tomorrow morning we head off to Galilee for two weeks. It's going to be so nice because we only go on field trips every other days. On the in between days we stay in the kibbutz, have a few classes in the morning, and then are free to wander around the kibbutz and its beach. I'm bringing a copy of The Bronze Bow from the library here, since it's set in Galilee.
Today a bunch of us went to Tel Aviv on the coast. We spent hours and hours wandering along the shore of the Mediterannean, playing in the waves, and exploring Jaffa, the old city where the whale spat up Jonah (we found a whale-shaped fountain commemorating the event). I always thought of the Mediterannean as warm, but here, at least, it was cold. We got in anyway and splashed around anyway. It made me really miss Gulf Shores. I kept telling anyone who would listen about how the gulf is warm and green-grey and you can see little silver fishes in the waves and you can smell the salt in the air. The Mediterannean tasted plenty salty, but for some reason you couldn't smell it in the air, which disappointed me. I realized that this is the first time I've been to the beach since coming to college.
After the sun sent we walked down the street and got kosher pizza.
There have been some tensions in the Old City, an increased police presence and lots of demonstrations. Some kids even started a fire in the street down near the lower gate of the center. We stood out on our terrace and watched. It'll be nice to get out of Jerusalem.
-Stella
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