What an amazing city! The Gold family is hard at work working on a guest posting about their powerful experiences at the Tank museum and the Palmach exhibit we toured through on our first day here so I'll skip over those two fantastic sites in this post. The only thing I will say is that having a better understanding of the struggle this country had (and continues to have) brings a new level of love in my heart and a desire to bring a call to action for those of us back in New York.
After another moving tour through the Independence Museum the gang parted ways to celebrate Sylvester (what the Israeli's call New Years). We all reconnected at 8am on the tour bus for a drive to an archeological dig at Tel Maresha. This was the most quiet bus ride the group has ever had (I wonder why???) Our guide assured us that we would find something in the dirt but we had to give everything back at the end of our tour for study. It was an amazing experience being deep underground in caves created during the Helenistic period and find a pottery shard while move dirt from the ground into a black plastic bucket. Our group was lucky! We found an animal tooth, a bone, several large shards, and a bottom of a drinking cup (that was intact). Afterwards we toured through an ammunition factory that was hidden under a Kibbutz during the War of Independence.
The afternoon was free for shopping through the Nachalat Binyamin craft fair or the Carmel market food stalls (yummy!!). I headed down to the beach to watch the sunset. People here in Tel Aviv are in LOVE with the beach. I saw hundreds of people crowded around playing paddle ball, surfing, and lying in the sun talking.
Tonight is Shabbat so we are all going to gather for dinner (with special guest stars: the Rothmans!). Sadly, tomorrow is our last day so I'll be making the most of it for sure. I've already been in discussions with our tour guide about the best time to come back and explore the South!
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