“Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” - Gustave Flaubert.

An only in Israel moment for me was when we toured Jerusalem the first time and visited Western Wall. We started off the tour of Jerusalem by being lead to mount Scopus with our eyes closed.

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” - Marcus Garvey.

Choosing to study abroad can provide thousands more experiences and lessons then studying where ever you are from. As well as countless fun experiences that will stay with you forever. Even though it may seem daunting a first like it did before I left for HSI, its worth it.

Independence - עצמאות

“If you are calm about your ambitions, you become confident of achieving what you set out to do.” -Shiv Nadar

This is a picture from the almost tippety-top of Mount Gilboa. Here, we learned all about the judges, and their cycle. We went over judges like, Yiftach, Shimshon, Devorah and Gideon.

Today we went talking through a very cool tunnel. What I remember most about today’s trip, was how meaningful it was to be in the cave with complete silence, listening to the sound of the water.