WARNING: Very short blog post that leaves out too much.... but i just couldnt write it all because i cant even articulate it.... This isnt a great post.... but read anyways?
After a long week in Jerusalem my friends and I were ready to go off on another crazy weekend. This time we had heard of a group that was going camping in the Kinneret (כִּנֶּרֶת) (see fun Kinneret facts below…)! Our other friend Miri invited us (ally, liana, Leeann, Lainie, and me) to go along with her and the other group so we decided that this is what our nativ experience was all about so we might as well do it. We pack all our stuff into backpacks and brought enough food and clothes to last us two days and one night. We then made our way to the bus station where we all got lunches (Ally, Miri, Leeann, and I got really good bagels (cheap too!) from this random place in the central bus staion… If you ever go there for lunch get the bagels, very good….). Anyways we after getting lunch we went to the bus… as we get there we see a crowd of people trying to get on but in the end we all make our way onto the bus (it ended up costing way more that I thought it would for the bus ride, but hey what can you do). Funny thing about Israel busses is that they think they can fit about 30 more people than they actually can. This leads to kids laying in the hallways and sitting in the exits of busses… aka any nativer that takes a bus. So that was alright for the first half hour but then people started to get car sick and it was just not a fun situation. Josh Oral (a fellow camper from Kibbutz) gave me his seat half way through because I was feeling sick, it was a very appreciated move to say the least…. Anyhow after about a three hour bus ride we get to where we think we are supposed to get off…. Turns out we got out at the wrong stop but to make a VERY VERY VERY long and frustrating story short we ended up setting up camp at a random beach/water park place that would let us stay there for 50 ₪ a night. The Shabbat was very relaxing and we were all able to get to know each other a lot better. We lite candles overlooking the kinneret and did kab shab with our feet in the water, it was a great way to spend the weekend. On Saturday we spent the day swimming, sleeping, relaxing, and talking which made for another great day.
Another very long story short my friends and I had to leave the camp site before Shabbat was over, and so we didn’t have a way back home. We ended up waiting at a random bus stop where we all thought a bus was going to come and pick us up. About an hour later we realize that the bus isn’t going to pick us up and we have to find another way to get home to Jerusalem… So we call taxis to take us to Tiberius and from there we all took buses back to Jerusalem….
Very VERY VERY long and frustrating story short- spent more money than I wanted, was able to spend a weekend in the Kinneret with my friends, I have some really funny stories to tell now, and next time I should always make sure we know what we are doing…..
Moral of the Story: Peace Love and the Fairies will fix everything
The Sea of Galilee, also Lake of Gennesaret, Lake Kinneret or Sea of Tiberias (Hebrew: ים כנרת, Arabic: بحيرة طبريا), is the largest freshwater lake in Israel, being approximately 53 km (33 miles) in circumference, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles) wide. The lake has a total area of 166 km², and a maximum depth of approximately 43 m At 209 meters below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea, a saltwater lake).
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Bus rides!
Bus rides!
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