we RAVED- Eilat 08'

first off, sorry it has been awhile, this that and the other gets in the way and before you know it your late on the blog posts!

two weeks ago now (the weekend of Feb 29-March 2) a bunch of us went down to Eilat for the weekend to go to a RAVE, yes, a techno rave! hahaha very bizarre lemme tell you! this was a very last minute decision for us, BUT pretty much everyone from the program was going, 18 of which rented a villa for the weekend and since we were so late in making our decision as to whether we should go or not we didnt get in the villa, but we got to stay in the same hotel as Aviv and Eric (who from here on out will be referred to as Funt).

Anyway, that thurdays night we boarded the 1:00 am bus leaving from Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, the bus ride to Eilat is around 5 hours, so we got there just in time to see the sun rise over the beach. we then went to the hotel and waited for check in which wasnt until 5 hours late...at 10! what did we do for 5 hours you ask? well Aviv, Funt, Adam (Aviv's friend from home who is studying in Herzilya), and i walked down to the market and picked a couple of things up for lunch for the rest of the crew (mars, melissa, and ariana), we basically feasted on rice cakes turkey pita and hummus in the hotel lobby, quite the experience lemme tell ya! we then proceeded to nap in the pool chairs outside.

upon checking in we literally threw our stuff down and darted to the beach! the weekend weather was perfect, sunny, warm, the water crytal clear, it was beautiful. we ate every meal ate aroma, the equivalent of an israeli starbucks with sandwiches and salads, and laid on the beack with the boys from the villa. i got a great tan, not to brag or anything ha! that's what our friday and saturday consisted of, sitting with the boys @ the beach, eating aroma, walking down the boardwalk, and buying fruit popcilces to cool down.

after the first day on the beach we were in for a treat, we went back to the villa with the boys to hang out and Kestey pulled out his guitar (he is a master on it). he played some songs and we all sang along it was sooo camp, but soo fun!

what did we do at night you ask? well we raved duhhhh! ariana and i spent 4 hours in the middle of the rave with all the boys just dancing our hearts out! i know who woulda thought that i would enjoy techno!?!?!? there are some funny characters who enjoy techno though lemme tell you a couple of freakshows were at this thing. it was all outdoors, very causal, very fun! everyone from the program was there together, dancing together etc. saturday the rave or techno fesitval, whatever you want to call it, ran from around 2 pm- 10pm so we went at around 8 for the last two hours which was enough since we were kinda technoed out from the night before. afterward we hit the foodcourt in the mall for dinner (obviously!)

the next day (sunday) we got the 3:00 bus back to Tel Aviv, it was a very successful weekend, a great bonding experience, and a hell of a great time I LOVED IT!