Day 2: The North of Israel

The San Francisco Diller Teen Fellows descend on the Nachal Amud trail.

Waking up in a different country with a completely different time zone being jet lagged is no easy feat. Doing so and then immediately going on a hike in the Israeli sun is even more difficult; however, cohort 15 was up for the challenge. We started our journey together in Israel with a hike at the Nahal Amud in Northern Israel, while the sun was beating down upon us we kept marching on determined to finish the hike.  After getting on the--thankfully--air conditioned bus and eating lunch we drove further north to the city of Zefat. We toured two synagogues and then got free time to wander up and down the cobblestoned streets of Zefat, taking in the various shops and the beautiful rolling hills surrounding us. The holy city behind us, we drove to the burial site of many people who came to Israel in the second Aliyah. After a full day, we made it back to our hotel for one last night in Sha'ar Hagolan before departing to Jerusalem. 

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Nadine Herman and Kamala Sloss