Yesterday I had to wake up at 7:45 and since I was sleeping in the sukkah and in a sleeping bag, my hair was such a mess! I attempted to tame my hair, didnt work out so well. By 8:30ish we were on the bus, thinking we were going to be planting trees for JNF (only the people who didnt have volunteering because of the holiday did this). We were all surprised when we went into a tunnel and started to dig up dirt. We ended up doing archeological digging and going through tunnels. The annoying thing about the program is they never give us a real heads up of what we are doing. We ALL thought we were going to plant trees! The archeological digging wasnt anything special. I just kept on thinking about the pottery we found the first time i was in israel. It was almost a complete cup, so we took it! We werent digging, it was just there with other broken pottery in the ruins we were touring. Anyways, we then went through a tunnel where families lived/hid for nearly 2 years. I think these Jews were hiding from the ROMANS right after the 2nd Temple was destroyed (70 bc). I guess it is kind of cool because it was so old! We also went into 2 places where people were buried. One was a christian one, and one was a Jewish one. They looked similar.

In the Jewish one, our guide told us that they found 4 bodies. What they would do back then is place their relative into a little cave within the burial cave. For a year they would go there, but there would be a stone blocking the entry. After a year, they would open it up, collect the bones, and place it in a place that would gather bones. They believe that when it says to be buried with your relatives, combine each other's bones. It is crazy that people lived here during the times of the Temple. I guess it is hard for me to believe that we have physical evidence of things that are said to have happened in the Bible.

After this, we got back on the bus to go eat lunch. Most of us were starving and ate our lunch on the bus on the way to where we were going to stop. The bus then took us to a gas station to buy some food. Rach and I bought ice cream and it usually cost 10 sheks for that kind of ice cream, but i think it was 10.99 there. Luckily, Rach and i just decided to buy it together (so it would be quicker...she had a 20 and i had a 10, so i just gave her the 10). When I paid for our ice creams, i got a receipt and change back..i didnt understand! I guess we get a deal for buying 2 and the ice cream only ended up costing us 6.50! That is less than the smaller ice cream! i love deals! I'm gonna go to the super market soon and just buy ice cream in bulk, so it will be less expensive. While we were all eating our ice cream, people were asking the people in charge if we could cut our day short because it was already pretty late and we were going to be doing something else. We were all pretty happy (because we were exhausted) that they listened to us and we ended up just going back to our apartment!

On the bus, we found out that they were disappointed with us. Oh, i forgot to mention that the tour wasnt painful and a little enjoyable because people didnt really talk! I found out that the other group was a bad group and wouldnt shut up. Anyways, so tomorrow they told us we were going to skip a hike (where did this hike come from?!) and instead do the activity we were supposed to do that day. When we got back, rach and i ran to our room, striped, and jumped into the showers. The showers felt so nice! We then hung out for a little and watched gossip girl. It was an okay episode. I think it is a little much that hilary duff AND tyra banks were in that episode. Around 5:30ish we started to get ready to go to a religious dancing thing. Katie made some of us shnitzel, but i had to stuff it down my throat because we had to be down by 6:30 and i had to straighten my hair. Rachel did an okay job straightening, but my hair was just so big! So i went over it, but i still dont think it looked that good.

We met emma (a british madricha) and about 6 of us got on a bus to a place close to meya shearim. We were told we were going to a place where there is a woman band and we would be dancing. We were supposed to meet up with this rabbi, and luckily we found each other. He then told us we were going to be meeting up with some girls from a seminary at a womans house..huh? We were all so confused, but met the sem girls on the way to the person's house. When we got to this random person's house, we sat down inside and all mingled with each other. Most of the girls were here for there 2nd year. They were really nice and it was crazy how good they were with remembering names. It was funny how interested they were with our program, they were enthusiastically asking us so many questions! The rabbi finally tells us to follow him to the place where there will be dancing. We follow him and finally get to a shul (i think). There are women all around sitting in chairs. No one is in the middle, so we all just sat in a huge circle in the middle. The music didnt start and so we all just sat around in the circle. It was hilarious because these girls just pulled out all of this food from their bags! They also found it to be funny. A girl had some cake and she had some cupcakes! She offered, so Katie and i split it. We pretended to do a blessing and ate it. It was chocolate chip and was so good! Eventually the music started (got a slow start because the women in the band kept on stopping to argue with each other) and we all started to dance. No one else was dancing. We got people to start dancing and then it was a huge, crowded party! We were dancing with little girls and old women. Everyone was just going crazy! There was a lot of trains, dancing in circles, and pushing! so fun and funny. We then left when it started to get really crowded.

We had to wait awhile for the bus to come, we decided to just take a different bus to the central bus station and then get on a different bus from there. While on the bus, emma got a call from the rabbi asking why we left so early when it was just getting started! We were all cracking up because how did he know we left! Katie and i got giggly on the bus ride back...that was our ab workout for the day. When we got back to the apartment we got dressed for the themed party tonight called "the rave." it reminded me of JAMD's school dance! I looked like i was from the 80s. We got there early and no one was in the bar, but we still danced. Whenever we walked outside, EVERYONE would stare at us. I guess they have a right to, because we were dressed in neon colors. I bumped into Kendall for a second, which was funny. Around 11:30ish (when i wanted to leave) a hugeee group of people were outside the club wearing their ridiculous clothes. We danced for a little and a group of us decided to leave in time for the last bus. i was happy. When we got back we got ready for bed and went to sleep.