A Taste of The Holy Land

So after a month of traveling around Israel the Samtredia gals and I have finally made our way back to little ol' Samtredia. It was my second trip to Israel (my first being the 10 day Taglit Birthright trip). However, this trip was made special by our decision to couch surf around the country rather than stay in hostels. We met such amazing people that showed us the true Israel and Palestine. Since 30 days is a lot to cover in one little blog, I'll let my photos do the speaking....

The girls and I standing in front of the Western Wall

We spent Christmas in Bethlehem...the birthplace of Jesus!

Floating away in the Dead Sea

Celebrating Sam, our couch surfer's birthday, in Ramallah

Fooling around on the work-out equipment on the Tel Aviv beach

Michelle and I chilling in Jonah's Whale in Akko

Watching the sunrise over Syria and Lebanon in a kibbutz in Northern Israel

Playing with my friend Aliza's beautiful baby Emuna

Dancing in Jerusalem with our couch surfer Eran

The sunsetting over Jerusalem

Our first mosque experience in Nablus

An Israeli solider on duty in Hebron

A photo in the airport as we were leaving...always home <3