Gavriel in Israel

Today we went to get our school shirts and we went and got some more school supplies.

For dinner we went to my uncle and aunts house and had a barbecue.  After I played mind craft with my cousin. It was fun.

Signing off,

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

Today at 6:00pm we went to Shakespeare in the park and saw the play "Much Ado About Nothing"

I like Benedick  the most and he reminds me of Han-Solo.  That was a good play.

Signing off,

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

Today we did one thing which is when we went over to a friends house. The friend is a friend of my Ima named Aliza and her husband Todd.  They have three kids they are younger then me.  We went to the park  which has a big climbing structure.  There we all played games and just played around.  After we had dinner with Aliza and it was spaghetti and ravioli stuffed with cheese.  It was a good dinner.  After dinner we played a little bit more.  Then we went home.

Signing off,

Gavi

Pool time again

Gavriel in Israel

On Sunday we went to the pool in Ramat Rachel at a kibbutz.  we went with some of my Ima and Abba's friends:  Yael and Ariel and their kids.  We went on the slide as the first thing and it was fun.  Then I had a lunch of tuna and smoky cheese. It was tasty.  then we went to the middle pool.  After around 10 or 20 minutes we went to the slide and I can still remember banging from wall to wall. But it is still fun.  Then we went to the third pool and played tag and catch and then we went to the slide again and this time til the end of our time there.  After we went down the slide another 30 times we went home.  But we all agreed it was a good day spent at the pool.

Signing off,

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

On Monday we went to Modiin and thought we were going to sleep there but we didn't but we still went to Modiin.  There we went and waited for Ima and Abba's beds to come.  It came in the afternoon.  it was not a fun day.

Signing off,

Gavi

Shabbat in Chashmonaim

 Gavriel in Israel

On Friday we went to our cousins' house for Shabbat.  We slept there.  It was really good.  I learned how to play a new game, Abalone.  It is quite fun.  My brother and I also played chess, but it wasn't any time of chess, it was Romanian chess.  It was fun.

Shabbat morning, I tried a new type of cereal.  It was puffed wheat with brown sugar and honey.  It is really good.  Then we went to shul.  After shul we ate lunch.  Lunch was chicken, it was good.  Dessert was an Israeli Otter Pop, but it is a lot smaller.  A few hours later, there was another kid around my age who came over with his friends, and his friend's mom.  We went and played.  When we got there, they called out all the other kids on the block.  We had a Bimba race.

At the end of the race, a Bimba went over my ankle.  It scraped away a little skin, I bled a tiny bit.  But I didn't go home.  Then we went to the boy's house.  We played Beyblade, but that turned out to be a disaster and my brother and I wanted to go home, so we did.  When we got back our parents weren't there because they went on a walk.  We both had a cookie and we talked and read.  Then our parents came back.  We had dinner.  Then after dinner, we went on a walk with my cousin Eti.  My brother and I ran around in the middle of the street and we tried to surprise our Ima by running out and yelling "Charge!"  It was fun.  I also tried to be a ninja.  When we went back, Ezra and I went in their hammock.  Then we said havdala.  Then we went home.  

Signing off, 

Gavi.

Gavriel in Israel

On the 16th it was Abba's birthday.  In the Morning we gave Abba a clue and the clues were a scavenger hunt and the treasure was a box with beans in it and after he took all the beans out of the box He found 9 of his favorite things.

In the afternoon we went to the old city tunnels.  It was awesome!  In the tunnels there were many sites to see and you get to walk through an aqueduct and a cistern. 

After we went to El Gaucho we got the mixed meat for 2 to 3 people.

Here are some pictures from El Gaucho.

At El Gaucho I had soda and the I got Sprite and I burned myself but just because I burned myself does not mean I can't enjoy my steak.

Signing off,

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

On the 15th of August we went to Ein Yael.  At Ein Yael I made a cup on a pottery wheel.  It was fun but hard.  After pottery Ezra and I shot a bow and arrow.  Looking at what other people did I think that I did the best because I got the arrow in and so it was straight.  After that we had lunch.  After we had lunch we went and Ima made a pan flute for Ezra.  After the pan flute making, we made pita and after it came of the fire I picked it up and burned myself.

Signing off,

Gavi

Art Fair

Gavriel in Israel

Yesterday we went to an art fair.  It only lasts for a few weeks and it is only in Jerusalem.  It is next to the Old City.  The first thing we did when we got there was look around.  Not long after we looked, we found something that we all liked.  

We are going to put it in our apartment in Modiin.

Then we went to a little play in Hebrew in the kids' area.  It was called "Tom the Giant".  It was not that good, we left in the middle.  Then my Abba got tapped on the shoulder and asked if he wanted to join a minyan for mincha.  And he said "Yes", and I thought it was cool that there are people around in random places that if they can find enough Jews for a minyan, they'll have one.  I think it is neat.  After that we got some food.  This was like my experience in the food court.  Except much easier, because as soon as my Ima said "Would you like some fish and chips?" Ezra and I immediately said "Yes".   The fish and chips were fish sticks and french fries, but it was still good.  

After that we looked at art from all around the world.  It was fun seeing how different people have different things.  Now I know that Argentina has good marionette puppets.  After we looked at all of the art, we went to take a seat for the concert.  The concert was by Eviatar Banai.  While we were waiting for the concert, I saw something moving in the air, I looked up and it was a bat.  Before the concert started, Ezra and I saw at least 50 bats.  The concert was awesome, although we did not get to see the whole thing because it started at 9pm, and we left around 10pm.  So we saw at least half of the concert.  

Signing off,

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

On Monday we went to a national park called Ein Hemed. There is a playground there as soon as you get out of the car.  The swings there have backs to them which is why I think they are very good swings.  The seesaw there also has backs to the seats, you can fit four people on it.  Each seat has a door so you do not fall off.  While we were there, Ezy found a little pond, but you are not allowed to go in it.  We saw frogs, tadpoles, and dragon flies.  Here is a picture of a frog that I caught.

I am not hurting the frog, just holding it.

We took a little walk and at one point there was a little stream and my brother and I chose to follow it.  There was a bridge and my brother and I went under it.  Our parents told us to get up and have lunch, but instead of lunch we did something else.  We went to the crusader farm.  It is over 1000 years old.  It was cool.  Then we had lunch. After lunch, Ezra and I finally got to follow the stream to the end.  It was fun.  Then we followed it back. 

Then we went to our apartment in Modiin.  We started to unpack and put things into our dresser.  The reason we had to go there was not to put things into our dresser, but was to wait for the washer, dryer, and fridge to come. 

 

The way they brought the appliances was they carried them on their backs.  That was all that happened that day.

Signing off,

Gavi

It's Haifa Time

Gavriel in Israel

Yesterday we went to Haifa.  The way we got to Haifa was, first Ima drove to Modiin, and from Modiin we took the train to Haifa.  The reason we had to go to Haifa was, if we wanted to get our shipping container we needed to sign a few things so we can get it without having to go to the dock.  Next we went to the Carmelit .  On the Carmelit we rode to the science museum, called Madatech.  It was really fun.  The first thing we did when we went inside was we went to the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit.  My favorite part of that exhibit was the pedal powered spinning wheel. I thought that was excellent.  After that we went and saw a demonstration of how you can put a skewer through a balloon without popping it.  As you can imagine, there was a lot of balloon popping involved.  After the demonstration we went to a room with optical illusions.  After that we went to a room that was like the physics lab in OMSI.  After that we went to a magic room.  In the magic room, I lay on a bed of nails, pretended I was only a head,  made liquid go up and down in a bottle,  and made a hat move without touching it.

After the magic room we went to an aircraft room, my favorite part of the room was getting to fly a miniature helicopter.  It is much harder than it looks. When we went outside, I pulled a boat, picked up a barrel, and flew in a helicopter.

That day in Haifa was well spent.  We went back home on the train.  We went to a restaurant for dinner.  The food was very good.  After that we got the keys to our apartment.  By the time we got home it was 10pm.  I usually go to bed at 8pm, so I was very sleepy.  

Signing off, 

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

Two days ago we went and bought almost all of our school supplies, except for books and some other stuff.  It feels like Harry Potter, having a book list and going to the mall to buy everything from certain stores.  In Israel, there are different school notebooks with different numbers of lines on each page.  I needed 14 line notebooks.  I thought it was weird.  We thought that if we had also bought school books, our load would be twice as heavy.  My brother has the most school supplies, but I have more school books.  Here you have to buy your own books for everything.  We have to bring our own siddurim, we don't get them from the school like at PJA.  In school my class is going to be studying Shmuel aleph.  I am excited.  

Signing off, 

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

Today we went with Eti and Baruch, my Ima's first cousins.  We went with them to four places.  The first place was a winery.  We took a tour but we ended up leaving because it was sort of boring.  The second place we went was to the Lone Oak.  As soon as we got to the tree, I spotted a lizard on the tree, but when it went into a little nook in the tree, we couldn't see it again.  Baruch wanted to have us guess how old the tree was.  I guessed 1 million, but I was very far off because the tree was only 600 years old.  

The next place we went was a spring.  The springs came out into little pools which are too deep for me to stand in, except for one which was only to my ankles.  After we were done looking at all three of the springs we went and had lunch there up at the picnic tables.  My lunch was the same thing I had the day before (for information read the blog post old city/ramparts walk).  

After lunch we went to our fourth and final destination of the day.  It was an aqueduct.  We got very little flashlights which are very bright.  If you didn't have a light, you couldn't see in the aqueduct because it is pitch black.  The deepest the water gets is 80cm.  This is up to my waist.  After we completed the walk, which took us about 20 minutes, the way to get out was a ladder.  Of course I wanted to go first, I was afraid of heights, but you could not look down because if you did you would slip.  Everyone who goes up that ladder has muddy feet and hands.  Once I got up that ladder, I noticed there was another ladder to go up, but that one was very short.   Once I got out I looked around and said "We're in the middle of nowhere!" because I couldn't see the path.  Then I found the path and started walking back.  Then we all had ice cream.  My ice cream was a Magnum Gold.  There was one thing I found out, the gold on it is like paint because when you touch it it comes off on your finger.  It is still very good, I suggest having it.  Then we talked a little.  Then we left.  It was fun to meet my first cousins-once-removed.  

When we got home, I had a shower.  After my shower I had some chocolate milk and then I started writing this blog post.  

Signing off,

Gavi

The Old City/Ramparts Walk

Gavriel in Israel

On Monday the 6th of August we went to the ramparts walk in the old city.  The ramparts walk included many flights of stairs, up and down.  It is very high, and unfortunately, I am afraid of heights.  That walk was not the funnest thing for me.  After the walk we went to the Kotel.  It was very fun although we did not get to touch it.  Afterwards we went and ate lunch.  My lunch was a tuna fish sandwich with smokey cheese.  It was really good.  I suggest having it.  After lunch we went and had ice cream.  I wanted soft serve, but they didn't have any, so I ended up having cookies and cream chocolate and vanilla because those are the flavors of the soft serve I had wanted.  After we ate our ice cream we started to head home.  All of us agreed it was a fun day.  

Signing off,

Gavi

Gavriel in Israel

On Thursday after the three days of not learning anything.   My parents decided to write the camp and  see if there could be teachers at recess and less violence.  The next day I went back to camp and the kid that got kicked out for almost choking another kid was back, no better then before.  The email my parents wrote did nothing and they said to me and my brother that if we get hit we don't have to go back.  Guess what happened?  Somebody threw rolls at me, hard, and another person threw a piece of tack board at me on purpose.  

I am done with Camp Horrible!!

Signing off,

Gavi

My New Books

Gavriel in Israel

I have come up with two new ideas for books.  The books are called, "Faint" and "If".  

Faint is about three friends who are walking at recess and a teenager on the playground faints.  Above him is a cloud of green and black smoke.  There are more attacks throughout the week.  It is a fantasy-mystery book.  

If is about a scientist who uses the word "if" too much.  Everything he says "if" about an invention that is possible, he is able to make it.  There is a saying that I made up to go with the book:  Live by the word "if", die by the word "if". 

Those are my two book ideas.

Signing off,

Gavi

Camp Horrible

Gavriel in Israel

This post shall tell you about the first 3 days of Camp Horrible.  The first day was horrific. There are hardly any  nice people, there are no clocks in the rooms, so you have to bring your own watch, and in one class the teacher says that if you don't speak, write, understand, read, and listen, you don't know Hebrew.  No one in my class agrees.  

The next day, I figured out that this is a camp for people who don't know Hebrew at all.  The good part about that day was that someone said something very rude about my family, and I almost pushed him onto the pavement.  That day, he got expelled.  That was a good day.  The rest of the day my friend and I sat in our chairs with looks of triumph on our faces.  On the bus ride home, we were saying "He's out! He's out!" and were very, very happy.  

Today, we were going to go swimming.  We got changed, then the teacher didn't use his common sense because he didn't notice that both pools had lessons going on in them.  So, we ended up changing back into our regular clothes and going back to class.  In class, I did not learn anything for the third day in a row.  After recess we had the same teacher as we did before recess.  And again I did not learn anything.  The next period was weird.  We had a different teacher and we were learning about nature.  We went into a little place in the back of the camp where there are goats, turtles, birds, and rabbits.  I fed the goats from the other side of the fence because I am allergic to everything with fur.  On the way back to class the teacher littered, which was strange because she says she loves nature.  What a hypocrite!  

Signing off,

Gavi