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