Today, after getting up and out of the Hotel, our guide, Shabat, brought our group to the spectacular sights of the Jeelabon Creek hike. This river,deep in the Jordan River Valley, provided our group with nearly three hours of fun and picture taking. Even though it was a more difficult hike than yesterday, everyone had fun stumbling and slipping over the rocks. Some of us even found a huge cave! After our hike, we visited the Capernaum Olive Oil Company where we saw how olive oil is made and we has a chance to taste some of the oils and try some of the other products. From the hills of Qatzrin we went to Har (Mount) Bental where we heard about story of the moutain's importance during the Yom Kippur War and got to visit the actual bunker dug into the top of the mountain. When we couldn't take any more mountains, we went swimming in the naturally heated sulfur pools near Tiberias. Our day ended with a taste of Israeli club life with music and dancing and fun.
I can't wait to go to Jerusalem tomorrow!
-Sam Weiner, '12
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