Thursday, July 2, 2009

Ein Gedi-David's Waterfall

June 26th

Alyssa, Sophie and I went and climbed part of the Ein Gedi and got to see David's waterfall...

David's Waterfall

On this hike I got to see desert as well as waterfalls.

Alyssa, Me and Sophie infront of David's waterfall



Me on top of some awesome rocks


I also got to swim in pools of water so after hiking for a couple of hours, swimming in water never felt so good.


Me and Sophie with the dead sea in the background

Jerusalem-Old City

June 25th

Alyssa and I went and stayed with Sophie in Jerusalem before the three of us traveled to Ein Gedi. Sophie showed us around the Old City for a little bit...



Views of the Old City with the wall and Mosque.

Alyssa, Sophie and I infront of the wall.

Haifa-Technion-Rock Concert

June 22nd

There 3rd or 4th concert on campus. They know how to through a good concert. Taking pictures at night are hard but here are some...

The group I initially went with.
Fireworks inbetween performers. 3 or 4 different groups preformed

Tons of venders selling food ...the concert was outside....
The stage...this picture does not do good representation of how legit the stage was.

Tel Aviv and Old Jaffa

June 19th-20th

Exploring the section of Haifa did not take long so Alyssa and I ended up going to Tel Aviv to explore....

Church in Old Jaffa
Fun fact about Israel-instead of having a rat problem they have cats everywhere

Old Jaffa's port
Me having fun in Old Jaffa
dinner on Friday night with some other MIT students

Sunset on the beach...what is there not to love about that...

shorelines of Tel Aviv

Look at how cool that guys instrument is. Everyone hanging out playing the drums and dancing

Exploring Haifa Part II

June 19th-Morning spent exploring Haifa

Stella, Alyssa and I decided to go explore another section of Haifa. The pictures are not the best from these adventures but it was still fun.

Elijah's Cave


Love these flowers :)
Men and women were separated into different sections.

Stella Marris Monistary


Stella with a view of Haifa below





Stainglass in the church portion



This picture does not really show how awesome it is


Yacht Racing

June 18th -Yacht Racing with MIT Alums

The Alums were doing yacht racing against other unveristy alums and the MIT boat needed more man power so Alyssa, Sivan, and I joined. Here are some pictures from the event.


Sivan and I on the boat.


Alyssa, Michal and the rest of the crew on the boat...

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Akko-old city-June 13th

On Saturday, Roni's family brought Alyssa and I to the old city in Akko and showed us around. It was awesome here are some pictures...

Alyssa and I with Roni's parents in Akko.

A view of the Mediterranean Sea (or Haifa bay...I do not know which one) from within the old Akko city.

A part of the wall that surrounded Akko that was in the water.

The old city and the port.
The Templars Tunnel, which was only recently found in like 1999.




Me in the templar's tunnel


Alyssa outside of Al Jezzar's temple.

Inside Al Jezzar's temple.

Alyssa outside of Roni's house. I think it is on the Gilon settlement.