Monday, April 7, 2008

Being Blind

Today.

Today we got up early and got ready to leave to the train station. We left the house at about 9:05 something like that. We got on to the train and had a long journey ahead of us. We were in the train for five stops. We were supposed to get off at culon but when we got to the door it started moving. We missed our stop so we had to take another train back. We got out of the train and took a taxi to the Kids Museum. We went to the exebition called" To Be Blind" We were in a group of about seven people. We put our bags away and gave us long red and white sticks. We went inside and inside it was all dark. They said it wasn't scary but it was. We had to use our senses more than ever! We walked and fell and felt and smelt and heard. After 15 min. I got the point and I wanted to leave.
I was so stressed I didn't know where anything was I was really scared. Our leader was always calling our names and we would mostly call mine and my sisters. Everytime we enterd another room it was something else in the world. The forst one was a room of a child. The second was a shook. Then a street with a sidewalk. A park. And last but not least a resturant. In the first four places you had to smell and fell. But in the ladt place you actually had to buy and tell the coins apart, sit down and eat it! When I was drinking my Sprite I felt more relaxed. People asked questions and after that we went back to seeing things.

I really do like seeing things better than being blind. My experiance in this museum Pretending to be blind was fun but I dont want to do it again!

I hope you enjoyed hearing my story. And when you go to Israel maybe you can be blind too!

Love Melody!

My Trip

Hi guys this is Adam Cohen writing from South Africa. After I left school we soon left to the air port. We went to the new part of the airport. We left an hour or two later. After 9 hours we arrived in amsterdam. We got un packed and we walked through through almost all of amsterdam. We bought a few things then went back to the hotel. The next day we went to Anne Frank house, Van Goh museum, Jewish museum and a canal bus. The next day we had to get up at 6:00 am becuase are flight was at nine. are next flight was 11 hours and 30 min, down to South Africa. There was luckly a tv on the chair in front of us. We watch alots of movies and played a bunch of games. When we arived in South Africa half our family was tehre to pick us up we then went to our grand mothers flat (apartment)and ate some food. The next day I woke up at 11:00 am then we went to the southern suberbs. We passed my parents university on the way there. On the way back we were driving on the left wich felt wierd. My cousin knocked his head on a ping pong table so we went to there hous.We then went out to my other grand mothers flat and now im back at my cousins house well now I got to go bye.




THE FOOD

>on the plane to amsterdam we had a pasta chicken type thing and they gave us metal cultlery.
>in amsterdam we had argentinian steak, pizza, grilled chease, icecream, fries, panckaes, eggs, fruit, and crossonts.
> on the plane to S.A. we had icecream, macaroni and chease, sandwiches and chips.
> S.A. grilled chease and chicken so far.



Adam Cohen