Day 22: Tuesday 2nd August 2016

Our last Tuesday started with the mysterious location of an almost empty playground and a table holding very convincing looking military equipment- we quickly worked out that our first activity was laser tag!! We split up into teams- one lead by Yaara and the other by Neriya and our battle began. For many, it was a new experience however we all found ourselves fully focused and were all running around and diving for cover! As a proud member of Yaara's team, I'm happy to say we won all three games (!!) although it was a close match. 

After lunch, we dressed up smartly and visited the Knesset. The experience was so interesting as we learnt the history of Israel's politics as well as how the present system works. It felt surreal so be standing in such a central part of Israel. Next, we visited a statue of a giant menorah and Yaara shared the stories of its importance which was fascinating. 

Soon after briefly visiting a shopping centre in Jerusalem, we found out we were having dinner with host families! We were split into groups and dropped off at different houses where we all enjoyed meeting the lovely families we had been paired with. My group and I had a brilliant time with the Goldbergs who are related to Nomi!
We had dinner with the whole family and had a lovely time with the children as well as really fun discussions with Shmuli and Naomi (our hosts) The whole experience left the day on a high and we then traveled back to the Caesar hotel and went to bed, tired but looking forward to the next day to come. 

By Sarah Alford