JFI 3 Takes Off!

ATTENTION!!!!!!!! WATCH OUT NYC, POLAND AND ISREAL! HERE WE COME!!!!! This is the first official blog EVER for JFI 2009! Oh my goodness we are so excited! Right now I am sitting in the JCC in my home town, Rochester NY। We are waiting for the bus that is, unfortunately very very late। :/
We arrived at exactly 10:30 pm and had a nice Havdalah service. J it was so nice to sing in a circle with all 29 JFI-ers and our Rochester families. Having May at my house has been so so so so SO awesome. We have the absolute best time together. We’re like best friends already, and its only been a week!!! So enough about that though….. लेट's see, this week started when our Israeli partners arrived J we were so excited. All the Rochester people were at the airport holding signs with our partners names on them. When we saw them coming down the escalator (an hour or so late may I add) we were all cheering and screaming. We must’ve looked so stupid to all the other people in the airport. Hahahah hmmm and then the next day, we went to Niagara falls, that was so cool because we got to go on the maid of the mist and we were SOAKING wet. I’ve never been on that boat tour before so that was a cool experience. :P
Hmm I cant even remember what we did the rest of the week! We were so busy! The whole time we were here in Rochester though, we had such a great time. I cant wait until we get to ny…..and Poland……and Israel! Okay well I gotta go and let someone else blog! I love you (whoever you are that is reading this) and I miss you too! J

love, briell giancola

Wow what a whirlwind of a day we have had. 7 hours on the bus through the night we traveled arriving exactly on time (if you can believe it) at the Rockefeller Center in New York City. We got out signs out and walked straight onto the Today Show. According to some of the parents I talked to I know Yoni made it on TV. From there we took a 15 block walking tour as we made our way down 5th avenue towards the Empire State Building. As we reached the top of the city and looked out on to the 5 mile view of the city we could see the island of Manhattan from tip to tip, we could see the cruise ships at their dock, Woolworths golden top and even make out the outline of the statue of liberty. From there we took the short trip and flew over New York City with the ESB IMAX experience the Skyride. From there we sat down for some amazing New York style pizza and then moved to time square for some free time and shopping. After shopping we made our way to the famous Broadway to see the Lion King. The music the costumes the art and the dance nothing could of capped our day in New York like this show. From there we stopped to pick up dinner and then straight to the airport. So ends our very long day in New York City

Josh Boress