Let it snow! In Israel? | Shorashim - Israel with Israelis

Let it snow! In Israel?

It is day one, and we're stuck in the rain. After hearing an amazing story told by our bus driver Jobi, about his time fighting for Israel, we head to the Mount Bental overlook in the Golan Heights. We wind through roads with views of beautiful (though rainy) greenery, watching cows and horses graze. We start to notice a dusting of snow on the sides of the road, which started to get deeper and deeper. As we were about to turn up the road to the viewpoint, we see a few families outside of their cars throwing snowballs. Our Israeli's were thrilled to see this much snow outside of Mount Hermon (where Israeli's go to ski and snowboard). They tell us it has been years since there has been snow like this. Though the road is closed, we stop the bus so everyone can enjoy the "sheleg" (snow), even the Israeli wearing Teva sandals. As we took pictures, Ynet (an Israeli website affiliated with a large newspaper) came to interview our bus. We told them, "We came all the way from Chicago and brought the snow for you!". Check out the video on Ynet, and see our picture in the snow.

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4175239,00.html