The Excitement Continues

A lot more has happened since I posted yesterday. Just a few things for now, as I'm sitting at a place in Kiryat Shmona, on a computer that isn't mine. I came with Beni up here so he could drop off some of the fire extinguishers from the kibbutz with the guy he works with up here. It just so happens that it's right near the restaurant we didn't get the chance to eat at on the Jeff Seidel trip to the Golan last spring. We ate in our bus instead. It's always fun coming back to places I've been before for totally different reasons. On the drive up here we took the scenic route through the Golan, which was absolutely stunning. It's been raining on and off today- at first we drove through the rain, stopped, it caught up to us, drove through it again and now it's finally caught up with us once more. We stopped a couple of times along the way to get out and look at the Jordan River which, because of the rain, is flowing magnificently.

A little bit about yesterday- I went roaming around the kibbutz, out towards the fields and the date trees. The wind was blowing gently and it was just warm enough to be perfect. I came back, napped for a bit, and then went with Beni and another member of a kibbutz to a local moshav where a lot of Iraqis-Kurds- have built magnificent homes. We were going to inquire about a baker who they wanted to make cakes and cookies for the new cafe they're planning on opening on the kibbutz. It was a small room but there were tiny little cupcake like goodies all over and the aroma was overwhelming. We got to try these little cupcake things that were made of semolina and had dates inside. WOW.

Driving back onto the kibbutz, we drove around where the animals are kept and stopped in the middle of two pens. Water Buffalo. I got to pet water buffalo. One even licked my hand. They're beautiful animals and seemed pretty tame. They don't belong to the kibbutz- they're babysitting in a way, for another place that raises them. However, Beni was telling me they want to try having water buffalo to make mozzarella. I think it would be a great idea. You can't go wrong with homemade mozzarella.

That's about it for now. Another post later!