Adi and Ari declared war in their last video- here's our response to that from Camp Sprout Lake, NY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv4KcvD2rq8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Friday, 20 July 2012
Don't worry Ari & Ad, a response video is currently being made to the insulting one below, but until that rolls of the production line, here's an update of what Zachariah & myself have been up to lately.
We had an awesome few days in NYC which included Phantom of the Opera and Old Jews Telling Jokes, both phenomenal in their awesome ways. One day for breakfast we made a bagel with 7 different types of peanut butter. I can't remember the full list right now but I'm sure there'll be a photo on the internet soon. They were just a few of the highlights of NYC but that's not what this update's about- we're at camp now!!!!!!!!
We arrived at the beautiful Sprout Lake campsite in the afternoon. It's exactly like the movies- they have archery, swimming, a rock climbing wall, mini-golf, a petting zoo (2 Llamas!!), jewellery making, arts & crafts, horseback riding...the list goes on. Zac & I arrived at the end of the first session of the Summer. There are two 4-week blocks of camp and most kids only stay for 1, so we'll start properly leading next week when new kids arrive. For now though, we're still helping out with the activities and getting to know the kids for now. We instantly gained 50 new girlfriends, all 12-year-olds who are head over heels in love with our accents (sorry Bec if Zac doesn't call for a while).
As soon as we arrived, we got up on stage at that night's talent show and led a good old 'Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oy Oy Oy' to introduce ourselves, wearing cork hats and waving Aussie flags. Walking back through the crowd felt like being one of those preachers on TV- everyone wanted to give us hi-5's or just touch us because we were Australian.
The next day was a massive carnival day called Maccabia where the kids competed in teams in sports, dancing, songs, cake decorating and relay races. Unfortunately neither Zac's nor my team won but it was still and insanely fun day and really helped us get in the spirit of everything. The madrichim body is about 70 strong and camp is a lot more professionalised with adults running the day-to-day logistics and behind the scenes stuff (good and bad in a way), but everyone's super friendly.
Tonight is Shabbat so I have to run off now, sorry it's so short but hopefully will have more time in the next update. We're not allowed to take photos or videos of the kids (legal shtuff) but will ask the camp if I can chuck some stuff on the blog.
Shabbat shalom,
Mark
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Monday, 16 July 2012
Hey all,
Zac & Mark here live from New York City!!
We woke up at 5am Israel time in Zac's Aunty Joan's apartment overlooking the Knesset, a nice final symbolic view of Israel. After waiting in queues and dealing with insane security (obviously with Israelis shamelessly pushing in line the whole time), we breathed a sigh of relief as we sat on the plane for a short, 11 hour plane ride.
17 hours later after insane US queues, we made it to Manhattan! We were both blown away by the NYC vibe that hit us straight away- the cool little building entrances, fire stairs on all the buildings and extremely long avenues.
We got out of the cab at Mark's family friends who live more or less on the Hudson River in a really central location. After a much needed shower and 3 minute power-nap, we were out the door again going for dinner with them. They took us to an awesome, awesome, awesome place which was kosher, vegetarian & organic. It didn't have the feel of a typical kosher place like Katzy's (the Sydney one, not NY) or Danelli's though- it was a really nice restaurant with Jews & non-Jews alike. It was more a restaurant that happened to be kosher than a kosher restaurant.
Mark wolfed down a soy bacon cheeseburger and sweet potato fries with a rasperry green tea organic soda (yes, you are missing out), and Zac had a spicy tofu burger (super spicy). Apparently the bacon cheeseburger tasted like the real thing, according to our family friends.
After that, we went again to another place-that-happened-to-be-kosher (rather than a kosher place) to get ice cream & froyo. Also really cool after having a cheeseburger. In love with the food scene here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today we are off to the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) for the morning after eating breakfast at Tiffany's, going to the Village (area with cool shops and cafes), doing a walking tour of the Lower East Side to see the history of immigrants, Jewish and others, and then tonight we might go to a Broadway show.
We booked to see a show tomorrow night called Old Jews Telling Jokes which is the theatre version of the online video series, see below (clear your afternoon, you'll be spending it on YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIK1zVPjNGQ&feature=fvwrel
We head up to camp on Wednesday which we're really excited about too!
Missing Israel, missing Australia, missing everyone (but having an alright time here too),
Mark & Zac
Zac & Mark here live from New York City!!
We woke up at 5am Israel time in Zac's Aunty Joan's apartment overlooking the Knesset, a nice final symbolic view of Israel. After waiting in queues and dealing with insane security (obviously with Israelis shamelessly pushing in line the whole time), we breathed a sigh of relief as we sat on the plane for a short, 11 hour plane ride.
17 hours later after insane US queues, we made it to Manhattan! We were both blown away by the NYC vibe that hit us straight away- the cool little building entrances, fire stairs on all the buildings and extremely long avenues.
We got out of the cab at Mark's family friends who live more or less on the Hudson River in a really central location. After a much needed shower and 3 minute power-nap, we were out the door again going for dinner with them. They took us to an awesome, awesome, awesome place which was kosher, vegetarian & organic. It didn't have the feel of a typical kosher place like Katzy's (the Sydney one, not NY) or Danelli's though- it was a really nice restaurant with Jews & non-Jews alike. It was more a restaurant that happened to be kosher than a kosher restaurant.
Mark wolfed down a soy bacon cheeseburger and sweet potato fries with a rasperry green tea organic soda (yes, you are missing out), and Zac had a spicy tofu burger (super spicy). Apparently the bacon cheeseburger tasted like the real thing, according to our family friends.
After that, we went again to another place-that-happened-to-be-kosher (rather than a kosher place) to get ice cream & froyo. Also really cool after having a cheeseburger. In love with the food scene here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today we are off to the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) for the morning after eating breakfast at Tiffany's, going to the Village (area with cool shops and cafes), doing a walking tour of the Lower East Side to see the history of immigrants, Jewish and others, and then tonight we might go to a Broadway show.
We booked to see a show tomorrow night called Old Jews Telling Jokes which is the theatre version of the online video series, see below (clear your afternoon, you'll be spending it on YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIK1zVPjNGQ&feature=fvwrel
We head up to camp on Wednesday which we're really excited about too!
Missing Israel, missing Australia, missing everyone (but having an alright time here too),
Mark & Zac
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