Today Rina and a friend went on a tiyul/adventure. We started off near Yad Vashem and followed the trusty picture of a man with a hiking stick along a trail that took us to Ein Karem. We decided that wasn't enough of a hike and made some of our own paths until we made it back to Ein Karem. Once we were in the cute little town we went hiking in the valley and decided to hike up it. We climbed up and scaled some walls and then made it to this huge fortress-looking thing with gates and huge walls. I felt like I was in an adventure novel. We followed the wall until we reached a huge gate and buzzed on the door. We were let into a beautiful monastery. The place was basically a huge garden full of beautiful trees, flowers, and shrubs. It was very peaceful and definitely a wonderful place to stumble upon. After wandering around the rest of Ein Karem we made our way back to Jerusalem.
Tonight we (Jon and I and Elisheva) went to see a great Israeli movie. It was called Bikur HaTizmoret (The Visit of the Band). It was a mixture of Egyptian, Hebrew and English. The plot was about an Egyptian Police band that received poor directions and ended up in the nearly-dead town of Beta Tikva instead of the slightly-better Petach Tikvah, and the soul searching and life changing that resulted. There was a very good mix of comedy and drama; as we've seen in most modern Israeli movies, the plot seems to center around a sort of cynical realism which results in a new-found appreciation for life. It came highly recommended and we definitely recommend it to anyone looking for an Israeli culture movie. Apparently it was good enough to be thought of as a Foreign Language film, but so much of it was in English that it couldn't be entered.
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