back from an amazing weekend hiking the israeli trail, schviel yisrael, way up north. israelies are amazing and this land is beautiful.
the schviel yisrael is the hiking trail that goes from the north to the south, and takes about 2-3 months to hike all the way from the neggev to the tippy-top golan. i was in a section near a very picturesque town, zichron yakov. my friend and i joined a group that was doing the entire schviel in memory of a fallen soldier ( i believe; interesting because the town's name, zichron yacov, apparently means Jacob's Memory). we arrived late in the town the night before the hike and drank with some charming israeli high school students and then camped outside sans tent (waking up shivering at the crack of dawn!) Everyone was so nice and the path was so easy and beautiful and cut through the most lovely farmland, and we were served two breakfasts. It was amazing!
I also met 4 israelis who went to scarsdale as tourists. one was even in the scarsdale inquirer. more updates to follow.
