Amirim

Over the past three days, our family went on a tiyul (which means "trip" in Hebrew) to a great place near Tzfat called Amirim. Amirim is a moshav, which is like a kibbutz, but sort of different. We lived in a small cabin, only two rooms, and it was actually not that bad. There were restaurants that we went to to eat, hiking trails to do during the day, and it was fun just to climb trees in the front yard. It was very beautiful there. The first day was the relaxing day. We walked around the area and looked out over the Kinneret and Galilee. We didn't swim in the Kinneret because it was pretty cold there. We saw the gardens around the moshav and had a nice, easy day. The next day we went to a beautiful hike in a park called Nahal Amud, and it was really fun. We saw an ancient building and a running river. We hiked down several mountains and climbed many trails. It was really fun! We could see the stars very well in Amirim since there were no lights, and it was quiet because there was no noise of traffic and construction like in Jerusalem. It was a great experience, and I hope we'll go back there while we're here.

Hiking in Nahal Amud