Archeological Dig

The first tiyul of the semester was a trip to Qiryat Ba for an archeological dig. This ancient city was built during the time of the second temple and was destroyed by the Roman during the Bar Kochva rebellion. In order to protect themselves, they would dig underground tunnels and hide during the day. At night they would come out to fight using guerrilla war tactics. 
During the tiyul, I felt especially connected to my Jewish roots. Sitting in the dark of the tunnels really helped me understand what our ancestors went through. The ancient Jews sat in the darkness for three years. I had a hard time sitting there for three minutes. 

On our way to the archeological dig.

Crawling through the tunnels built by the settlers to hide from the Romans.

 

Last sight of daylight for about 5 minutes.

Standing in the remains of the ancient Christian graves.

Receiving The Schedule

On the evening of January 28, all the EIE students received their class schedules. Mine included five classes not including Jewish History and Hebrew. Many of the other students had much less with many more free periods giving them a lot of time to do other activities. I on the other hand only had one free period not including lunch.
At first I was very confident in my classes. I was ready to take on the challenges that awaited, but then I realized that my schedule meant that on some days I would finish my day at 7:15PM. It also meant that I would be having lunch at the time I usually got home from school. This was a big challenge for me to accept because I love to eat and have time to rest before I actually start my homework. It is just one of those things I will have to get used to.