two weeks in israel

friday: we went into Naharyia for the afternoon. it was great weather to walk around and we spent a lot of time walking along the beach. i bought some delicious patties and pastries at a bakery. one kid of our group wanted a burger so we ate at a restaurant overlooking the ocean. his burger came with veggies & tehina, pita, and then the hamburger with french fries--oh and his bun was pieces of pita! the rest of us bought sides of french fries, which totally hit the spot.

saturday: we went back to Banana Beach, near Aschiv, which is the same beach we spent the day at last saturday. again it was lovely, the water seemed cooler and less inviting to me. i packed a nice lunch with me and didn't leave my towel once. it was great.

sunday and monday: hebrew lessons, free time, nothing special. an addition to our program arrived yesterday. we haven't spent much time with him yet, so i couldn't even tell you his age or anything. on thursday 5 people from another oranim program will be joining us for the last month of their trip- one of whom will be my roommate for the month.

today i went with friends into Naharyia to the grocery store. it was overwhelming but a successful trip in the end. we also stopped into a bakery for some delicious patties and pastries. tomorrow we start our community service with Elan, a man on the kibbutz who builds/fixes/maintains things. tomorrow we will help him by picking up trash, i think. in the future we will help him on a variety of projects: painting, cleaning, etc. next week we will start our volunteering. our placements have not been arranged yet, so i still don't know what i will be doing. oh also we each got host families. i have their contact information and know they have three kids (ages 6, 3, and a baby who is a few months old). i tried calling them tonight but nobody answered. i'll try again tomorrow perhaps. they are supposed to invite me over for dinner, so i'm excited at the prospect of somebody cooking for me. (and for meeting new people of course).

thanks for those who comment. leora, if i'm back in Akko i'll be sure to look up those places.