Jody, one of the two staff people on the bus from Hillel in Philadelphia wrote the following e-mail. I have attached links to explain to some of the terminology - enjoy!
hi. sorry for the no caps but this keyboard is no fun at all. just a quick update on our trip, which is going really well.
friday- we toured the old city, students shopped in the cardo and visited the wall. i think many of them were surprised by their reaction to the whole environment. in the old city they were given a list of questions to go around and find answers to, they had a lot of fun with that.
following the old city, we visit machane yehuda right before shabbat, with all the chaos and rush, they had an amazing time. students broke up into groups and went shopping for specific items.
shabbat- was a very interesting experience for them, services were held in the hotel, and across the street at an orthodox shul. afterwards, 8 busses came together for shabbat dinner. this was followed by an oneg (celebration) with penn, that featured many of the goodies they obtained at machane yehuda.
saturday was for relaxing, except for those of us who walked 1h45m each way to the kotel [Western Wall] (that would be me) where they had a short time to visit at the wall, experienced zatar for the first time, and saw yemin moshe. then it was lunch, a short walk to a playground around the corner(yes, we have pictures) and rest.
after havdallah, we went to emek refaim [Emek Refaim is one of the most popular streets in Jerusalem, with a cosmopolitan flavor, stylish boutiques, restaurants and coffee houses bustling with life.], for dinner and free time, the group was mainly split between shwarma with me and norman's with Judah. and we enjoyed some max brenners...yum.
then at the israel museum, students saw the dead sea scrolls, had a dark photo op at the ahava statue, and heard avraham infeld speak. they loved that, as well as the concert that followed. a band called shine.
then late to bed, and early up today. right now they are in a speaker, and will soon meet the mifgash.
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