To the Promised Land! – Israel Bound in T-minus 45 minutes!

In the next month, the first international gallery will be added to DigitalGreg.com!

In T-minus 45 minutes, I’m flying to Israel for 2.5 weeks. The trip is sponsored by Birthright / Young Judaea. I’m flying out of PHL on a 9pm flight. I return to the states on Dec. 28.

like every trip I've been on since 2005, the camera bag will be packed and ready for shooting!

The trip itinerary is as follows:

Monday, December 12 – Arrive in Israel!
3:05 pm – Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport
8:30 pm – Dinner at hotel

Tuesday, December 13 – North Israel
7:00 am – Breakfast
9:00 am – Nachal Jilaboun – Canyon Hike   
12:00 pm – Mt. Bental - Former Syrian bunkers
1:30 pm – Lunch
3:00 pm – Golan Winery – Tasting & Tour
4:30 pm – Olive Oil Press
7:00 pm – Dinner at Hotel

Wednesday, December 14 – Tzfat
7:00 am – Breakfast
8:00 am – Kineret Cemetery – Poets & Pioneers of the Galilee
9:30 am – Tour of Tzfat – Home of Jewish Mysticism
11:00 am – Avraham Leventhal – Kaballah Artist
12:00 pm – Lunch
3:30 pm – Volunteering at Lod & Co-existence program
8:00 pm – Dinner at Hotel
9:00 pm – Night out at Tel Aviv

Thursday, December 15 –  Tel Aviv
7:00 am – Breakfast & Checkout
8:30 am – Rabin Museum
10:00 am – Tour of Jaffa
11:00 am – Graffiti Tour from Neve Tzekek to Florentin
1:30 pm – Lunch
3:00 pm – Tour Rothschild
4:00 pm – Rabin Square – Memorial to Yitzhak Rabin
7:00 pm – Dinner at Hotel
8:00 pm – Yishai Goldflam – Workshop 'Israeli Society through Israeli Cinema'

Friday, December 16 – Jerusalem
7:00 am – Breakfast
8:00 am – Welcome Israeli Soldiers for Mifgash Session
10:00 am – Tour of the Old City
12:00 pm – Southern Wall Excavation Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony
1:00 pm – Lunch
2:00 pm – Preparation for Shabbat at Hotel
3:15 pm – Drive to Kotel (Western Wall)
4:00 pm – Kabbalat Shabbat at the Kotel
7:00 pm – Shabbat Dinner at Hotel
8:00 pm – Oneg Shabbat

Saturday, December 17 – Jerusalem
8:00 am – Breakfast
11:30 am – Judaism Program with Eli Duitch
1:00 pm – Lunch at Hotel
2:00 pm – Tour the Knesset area & Nahlaot
4:00 pm – Seudah Shlishit at Hotel
5:15 pm – Havdallah & Start of new week
8:00 pm – Dinner & Night out at Ben Yehudah

Sunday, December 18 – Jerusalem
7:00 am – Breakfast
9:00 am – Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
1:00 pm – Lunch
2:00 pm – Mt. Hertzl – National Memorial
4:00 pm – Tour Machne Yehuda
7:00 pm – Dinner at Hotel
8:00 pm – Neil Lazarus – Situation Today in Israel
9:30 pm – Amirim Session with Sigalit

Monday, December 19 – Negev
7:00 am – Breakfast & Check out
10:00 am – Tour Sderot
1:00 pm – Lunch
2:00 pm – Shvil Hasalat – Green Project
7:00 pm – Bedouin Hospitality / Dinner & Bonfire
9:00 pm – Mifgash Program with Israeli soldiers

Tuesday, December 20 – Negev
7:00 am – Breakfast & Check out
8:30 am – Camel Trekking!
9:30 am – Nahal Havarim – Desert Canyon Hike
11:00 am – Sde Boker – Tombstone of Ben Gurion
7:00 pm – Dinner at Hotel

Wednesday, December 21 - Masada
7:00 am – Breakfast & Check out
8:00 am – Masada via Roman Ramp
12:00 pm – Relaxation & Lunch at Ein Gedi SPA
6:30 pm – Dinner & Candle Lighting
8:30 pm – Drive to Ben Gurion Airport
Picked up by David, step-grandfather

Thursday, December 22
TBD

Friday, December 23
TBD

Saturday, December 24
TBD

Sunday, December 25
TBD

Monday, December 26
TBD

Tuesday, December 27
TBD
11:30pm  – Fly back to the United States

On one of the TBD days, David and I are going to check out Petra.
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Sorry for the typos. This post was typed on my Android phone.