What we've been doing!

Well, as you may have heard, our trip to the Dead Sea failed. Twice, actually. But it's alright, because we've been doing other fun stuff! On Friday night (Shabbat), we were at Kibbutz Keturah and although we're not old enough to be official volunteers, our host was nice enough to let us help out with setting up for Shabbat dinner. Sure, we didn't get the full volunteer experience, but it was a nice little sample. Saturday on kibbutz was still the Shabbat, which meant that people basically just relaxed all day. It was definitely a nice chance to pack up for our move on Sunday.

Our next stop was Tel Aviv, which we spent two days in. On the first, we spent most of our time on Dizengoff Street, which was this fun street packed with little shops and cafes! The rest of the day was spent on trains, all but one of which actually went to the stop we wanted. No one, including the Station Master, thought to inform us that our stop was only an actual stop on a few trains a day. Four hours of the day were wasted from that lovely little attempt to get home.

The second day was much more productive. We started out the morning at Yafo, one of the oldest cities in the world and a port of the Mediterranean. We took pictures of it so you can see, but basically there were cobblestone paths, sweeping stairs and vendors all around! We also spent some time at the Yafo flea market after that, which had almost everything you could possibly imagine! Next, we went into Tel Aviv and saw a few popular streets and the Tel Aviv port. Definitely a fun last day in Israel!

And now, we are in Budapest! Today is our first full day and we are (I think) going right into the center of the city just to start getting a feel for the city. I'm so excited! We have so many fun ideas for our two weeks in Budapest and we should go get started on them now!