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So once again, I must apologize for my long absence. The combination of being really busy, tired, and not wanted to wait for the website to upload photos has left me putting up updating this for quite awhile. But...everything is still wonderful and I am still having the most amazing time here in Northern Israel. Since I last posted we have had a very fun Halloween, been to Eilat (Southern Israel), and have continued to enjoy the volunteering at the high school.

For Halloween we showed the Israeli's on the Kibbutz how we do it in the States when it comes to our favorite holiday. It was fun because we improvised costumes and ended up having a great night as a group.

We went to Eilat last weekend where we met up with all the other Oranim groups for a weekend of fun in the sun. Eilat is the Southern most city in Israel and it is still very warm while we were there, probably in the mid 90's. We went a couple hikes in the middle of the desert, had Shabbot dinner at the hotel, went tubing on the Red Sea (that water is rather salty and doesn't feel good in the eyes), checked out the local bars, and met some cool new people. I also ran into a high school friend of mine who is a part of the group in Eilat. He seems to be loving it just as much as I am which is great. Definitely a fun, but extremely tiring weekend.

Alex, me, and Eddie enjoying a night at the hotel.

A beautiful view of the desert...

I also continue to visit my host family for their favorite meal of the day --"late lunch". This takes place at around 2:30 and still confuses me. They are so nice and I'm having an amazing time getting to know them. We even watched Bear Grills (with Hebrew subtitles) on the Discovery Channel for awhile after we ate.

I also definitely didn't pack right for this place. It has been way colder than I have ever expected in this part of the country and I have been wearing my OU hoodie to death. I may have to purchase a jacket very soon.

So I believe that'll do it for now. We are having Israeli food night in the common room tonight and I'm quite excited. I should to get a move on....

Love.