So, first update since getting here

Artemis Gordon glasses!

Obviously my goal of one post per day has not gone over so well. Oh well, better late than never. One main issue: Brian's computer cannot read my memory card (he thinks its cos of the controls his company put on it), so unfortunately I can't upload any of those pictures. We can only upload the photos from our phones. Le sigh. But I'll do one massive facebook upload when I get back to the states.

Okay, so what have we been doing? Last time I wrote we were at JFK, which was awful. We were there forever and then took a flight to Kiev (sp?) in Ukraine. Then a layover and then we got to Israel. We weren't allowed to shower when we first got in and so Brian and I went easily 40 hours without showering. The weird thing is that I felt so much dirtier from all the traveling than I do when we go backpacking. I just felt so gross. Well, eventually we got to shower, and it was good.

Yesterday we started out with a drive to the northern tip of Israel where you can look into Lebanon. We discusses Lebanese-Israeli relations and took pretty pictures. After that we got back in the bus and went on over to Tel-Dan which is a natural park and an archaeological site. That was pretty cool for me, but our tour guide didn't really know much about the archaeology....so I just kinda made it up. After that we headed over towards the Syrian-Israel border and talked again about relations between the two countries. We went inside a bunker that was used in the '60s by the Israelis. It was a very educational day, but not super fun. Oh well. That night we headed to a Kibbutz (which is pretty gross/dirty/bleh), ate, and slept.

We woke up today, had a funky breakfast and headed on over to Tszat (sp?). Its the seat of Kabbalah and an artist colony. We talked a bit about Kabbalah and then shopped...which Brian and I were fans of. Now we are heading somewhere to talk to some Israelis who are Muslims to get their opinions and whatnot on Israel. After that we are gonna listen to a band I think. Today was def a better day than yesterday. Looking at the itinerary it seems like everyday the trip is going to get more and more interesting/fun. Yay! Anywho, I'm getting a bit car sick (we mostly only do internet in the bus) so I'm gonna stop typing. Here are some pictures:

penis glasses!

and jfk airport sucks...

so brian and i are at the airport...where we will be for the next 9 hours or so. there are hardly any outlets, its cold, my butt hurts (hard floor and even with ample padding its uncomfortable), and we both got hardly any sleep on the overnight plane. le sigh. so enough bitching...we in a number of hrs will be on our way to israel. i always knew i was one day gonna go there, but i never imagined it to be on birthright. but hey, i like free trips and the idea of getting a bit more in touch with my heritage is very appealing. here's hoping that brian and i get along. alrighty, im gonna go try to nap now. and sorry for the bad formatting...im typing this all on my brand new spanking phone and i still dont know how to do caps : /