Day 3 - Kickin it in Jerusalem on our first Shabbat

Wake up to pound cake all over the place. Stuff your face and drown it in coffee and tea and talk about Brother Daniel. Brother D and the law of return and 1958 and can you be a Jew and a Catholic at the same time? Torah portions and 13-moon calendars and "Aviel will explain it when he gets there." The soldiers taught Hatikva. Nir "I have a televised puppet show" Winegerten led the way. Everyone was shocked that Brian Segal didn't do a back flip to one-up him. We were all out of pound cake and went for lunch and all the watermelon you could eat. Everyone together in the pool on Saturday and that means chicken fights. If you didn't know, the other Birthright crews in the hotel aren't as cool or sexy as us. If you didn't know, Steven is a beast. A chicken fight beast. If you didn't know, now you know. The Supreme Court became the place to pose between columns and run into other people's photos, bursting into the frame last second. There was a mosaic in Aramaic. We walked to the Knesset in the empty Shabbat streets. Lt. Tom Tishby said "People from Jerusalem look like they're from Jerusalem." We sat by the big menorah and Yossi told us about the Eichman kidnapping in Buenos Aires. Aly and Jules took a "cute sisters with coordinated nail polish in Jerusalem" picture. Back to the hotel, kick it and pack, throw your arms round each other in the parking lot, wait on Aviel to find the right prayer, taunt passing cars and rock the Havdalah. Hey Leyat: stroll on into the circle and explain it all. Say, "Shev'ua tov" and then to the mall so Lindsey could buy a sleeping bag for her birthday (Happy Bday, L) and we could maybe snack a bit at the first ever kosher McDs while there. Moshe, our bus driver, a cowboy straight from the old west, drove us to Mashabim to the Mashabey Shade Kibbutz. Drop the snacks you got left over from the second floor, Itai carve the watermelon and everyone bring your compliments for Emily: "Emily you look like a goddess" "Emily you are a goddess" "Emily you are one of the top five goddesses of all time." ...Salsa dancing, frisbee, and whining dogs that eat from your hand... Throw your mattresses on the grass Dor and Jeremy, play it cool, and lean back for an hour or two while Becca says, "You guys are awesome." Awards of the day: King Chicken: Steven Funniest Man Alive: (Still Reigning Champ) Chester Flaum Sexiest Israelis: Ophir, Reut, Meital - Pavel Ezrohi