Today we had the greatest pleasure to complete a mystery location hangout with a class on a completely different continent than us. After asking many questions, we narrowed down their location to Israel!!! What a unique and once in a life opportunity. Israel is a 9 hour's ahead of us, however the class we connected with today were part of a private class that is working to strengthen their English.
Here are some interesting facts we learned about our new pals today:
- They live in Tel Aviv, Israel (which is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL city!!)
- It borders the Mediterranean Ocean
- The students are all of the Jewish faith
- They speak Hebrew (and even taught us how to say Hello in Hebrew - Shalom, which also can mean Peace)
- Students go to school every day of the week, except on Saturdays.
- They rarely get snow, and if any, it is an extremely tiny amount. (We showed them the crazy amount of snow we got last night- they were shocked!!!)
- They play similar sports to us. But they are known for their Judo.
Here is a video they sent us about their amazing country:
My favorite thing about this hangout today was our "questioning" time. We both asked questions about our everyday lives. Even though these students live on the other side of the world than us, we are all still so similar! They have similar likes to us, like music and sports. We learn similar information in school. All in all - we are no different than one another. I truly felt like this was an amazing experience and opportunity for our students. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did.
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