By Fray After a few days in New York City using public transportation and walking, we finally got to reunite with Tony and the bus for our drive toward Boston. We had about a 2 hour drive to Bethel, New York where we stopped to see the site that the Woodstock concert took place Continue Reading »
By Evan Today is a sad day because it’s my last day on Etgar. We started off the day by taking the subway down to Battery Park. While at the park we talked about how immigrants came to the U.S. and through Ellis Island. We also discussed where our ancestors came from as well as Continue Reading »
by Jacob Yesterday, we said our final goodbyes to the 22-day journeyers, and this is the first day without them on the trip. I already miss them very much, but luckily we are still connecting through social platforms. We started the day by getting back on the bus to meet with 5 speakers from the Continue Reading »
By Leeds Today was unfortunately one of a couple travel days on our journey around the Unites States. Although only sitting in a bus, driven by our favorite bus driver, Mr. Tony, the day was still filled with great events. We began the day waking up and then Continue Reading »
by Ethan Lenkin When I first scanned our schedule for a day I wanted to chronicle, this day jumped out. The combination of city and programming was incredibly appealing, and it didn’t disappoint. After a nice late hotel departure of 9:00, we ventured through the grind known as LA traffic to our first meeting Continue Reading »
by Zachary Gordon Today started with quite a long bus ride from Sin City up to the City of Angels. Our first significant stop was for lunch. Me and a group of my friends went and got Panera bread, where I got a salad and mac & cheese that was surprisingly good. When we Continue Reading »
by Avi McGrady In the morning, we visited the Culinary Union, which also trains hotel workers. We got a tour from the school and then we talked about unionizing workers and wages as a group. Unionizing workers means that the workers help each other to have a voice to the upper positions. I think Continue Reading »
by Rachel Lipsky Today we had breakfast and left the hotel. After a few hours we made it to Las Vegas and the massive Orleans Hotel. We had a quick bathroom break and then went to get lunch at Greens and Protein. The food wasn’t too good. We came back to the hotel and Continue Reading »
by Elijah Berkowitz After waking up in Salt Lake City, Utah at 7:00, we took the scenic, three-hour bus ride through Utah’s deserts and mountains to Zion National Park. We stopped in Cedar City, Utah for lunch, where we split up. I and others got Chipotle. Once we arrived at Zion, we took a Continue Reading »
by Casey Ference Day 11 (July 7th) was a very special day for me, especially because it was my 15th birthday! It was the first time I spent my birthday away from home, that being said, this trip already feels like a second home. My friends woke up early to get me a milkshake Continue Reading »