Our kvutza has recently gotten a lot more musical. Many of us are learning to play the guitar. We also found a keyboard at the house when we arrived and got it to work! There's also a really cool place about a 15 minute walk away right next to the beach called HaJam (הגים). Every weekend local bands play, there is karoeke night, or open mic night. On the first Saturday of each month, admission is free! We've definitely been taking advantage of this place because it's not only in an awesome location or a great place to listen to music, but it's also a great way to meet new people! Some of us have also started to busk around akko. We've brought our musical instruments like the saxophone, flute, and of course our singing voices! We have made around 150 shek which is awesome!
A few weekends ago some people from the other kvutza came to visit our house! We showed them around Akko and took them to the old city. It was nice seeing them again.
There has also been 2 birthdays this past week! Jacob and Asher both turned 19 and so of course we have celebrated with cake!
I also work at Tichon HaChevrati with 2 people on shnat sherut who live in Akko. They are on a program similar to ours: they live in a house together and volunteer at similar places. They do this for the year before they go into the army. Their kvutza is only 10 people, but they all come from different places in Israel just like how we come from all over North America. On Wednesday night, Niv (who works with us at the school in the morning) invited us over to hang at their house. I'm glad we're starting to meet people who live in Akko. It's a nice way to become more integrated in Israeli society.
We've also been preparing for our big Poland trip in Febraury. Last weekend we had a seminar at our house that included many peulot, and a lot of sitting in one location for a long time. It was very interesting, but by the end of the seminar my brain was literally fried. Well maybe not literally, but I was super tired.
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