A relaxing bike ride

This morning we woke up and went on a hike. We focused a little on Israel and water sources. We hiked to a really pretty waterfall. After that we went to the Northern most kibbutz in Israel. From the kibbutz you look right into Lebanon. We listened to the most interesting man speak. He made aliyah when he was 21, joined the army and fought in every major battle since he joined the army. After his 3 mandatory years he moved to this kibbutz and has been defending it since. During the 2nd Lebanon war, he and the other men of the kibbutz saved the kibbutz from destruction while they were being bombed for 36 days straight by the Hezbollah. He told us all about living so close to the boarder and about his interactions over his 70 years of life with the Lebanese. He was so interesting to listen to and really has so much to tell people. After that we made our way to a nature reserve. We ate lunch that we had brought with us and then went on a 8.5 km bike ride around the reserve. It was so pretty and peaceful and a really nice way to end our Security tiyul/ last experience as a group. Then we got back on the bus and started the 3 hour ride back to Tzuba. When we got back, we had time to relax, then dinner, and then had the first of our last 3 programs. We talked about what he have gained from the experience and how it ahs effected us. After our group heart to heart we paid for our EIE clothing (we put the final orders for it in this morning and we already have them! That would never happen in the U.S.). Then I typed up my blogs from the last few days and prepared to pack tomorrow and write letters to my friends (we are writing to people and the counselors are giving them back to us when we leave so we have something special).