After that, it was off to Tel Dan, a modern-day Garden of Eden, where we saw the sights, and stopped by a giant pistachio tree to talk about our experience thus far. The discussion turned quickly to the military and Iraq, but we all felt pretty much the same way, so no problems really. We went to the entrance of the park where an authentic Jersey lunch of pizza and pasta awaited us. I got to know the Israelis really well, I think. We left for Galil winery.
Not going to lie, Galil was cool, but after a long wine-tasting, we were all feeling pretty giddy. We got a little rowdy during our tour of the winery, but we collectively bought almost 1000 shekel of wine, so it worked out. I bought a bottle of Rose for the Snirs, which hopefully they'll enjoy, since I can't bring it to the states.
We went to a field nearby, where the Lebanese had invaded a few years ago, and our guide Roee shared some anecdotes about the invasion. It was very interesting, but too cold for me to focus.
Now at this point I had gone speaking mostly English, since the entire bus was English speakers until today. I figured now I'd try my hand with some Hebrew, and so I picked an easy question, like "Is there an ATM here?" since I had no cash at all. I picked the Israeli who spoke the least English, and she actually understood me! She then proceeded to teach me some more, and inform me that I would have to wait till Tel Aviv to get an ATM, or kaspomat.
After another gross Hotel Arbel dinner, we all took our wine to Harrison, Harrison and John's room for a night of Never Have I Ever and Sometimes Have I Kinda. Basically we got trashed, and I began to speak more Hebrew, much like I did in the States, except here people understand it! Later on, Heather took me back to my room. Nitzan was generous enough to sleep in the sleeping bag, so she and I could have a night alone.
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