Waking up on Wednesday morning brought an interesting combination of hungover headaches in the fanciest hotel yet and a short ride to Rabin Square in the city of Tel Aviv. We arrived in a similar area to that of the previous nights adventures, with many of us comparing Tel Aviv life to that of New York City. Irad led us to down to Rabin Square to see the spot of israel's first prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination. On an unassuming street, Irad began to tell the story of his death. We learned that he was shot three times in the back by assassin Yigal Amir on November 4, 1995. on the side of the square is the memorial, a beautiful representation of rocks that are located in the spot he passed.
After having a few minutes to rest & caffeine up, we then traveled to independence hall to learn about the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. A woman described the formation of Tel Aviv and how the declaration of the state of Israel "went down". She played the recording of the declaration of the state by Ben Gurion, speaking a passionate address to the new Israeli's. Another room of independence hall contained a video with music of upmost inspiration about the history of Dizingoff's house, the first mayor of Tel Aviv.
We were all very ready for lunch & a shopportunity by the time we were done with this tour. We went to Shuk HaCarmel, a more relaxed version of Machane Yehuda for haggling fun and lunch. After a couple of hours we walked towards the beach with full stomachs and significantly lighter
pockets.
We enjoyed the rest of the afternoon at a beautiful beach in Tel Aviv called Jerusalem Beach. We swam with the jelly fish and then chilled on the beach, taking in the warm sun rays and getting awesome tan lines. Next we drove 2 hours to the Galilee, stopping to snack on yummy Bamba. Along the way we enjoyed the amazing views.
Most of us look forward to getting some sleep tonight, and those who don't will suffer. The North remembers all too well.
~ Emma, Sharon, and Lehava
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