We had an early start this morning at 6:30am. We drove about an hour to a Bedouin Museum where we learned anything and everything you could want to know about the Bedouin people. We had a Bedouin tour guide and he explained things such as marriage customs and different instruments used by the people. We also watched a short video explaining things more in depth. There were tents set up outside and we got to try Bedouin sweet tea and their pita bread. It was a great experience. Next we drove out to the Negev. It is out in the desert and we went to the gravesite of Ben Gurion and his wife. Ben Gurion was the first prime minister of Israel. The mountains in the Negev look a lot like the Grand Canyon. It was beautiful!
Then we drove to Ben Gurion's desert home. It was nice to see that he lived in a small and normal home in the desert even though he was the prime minister and could have afforded much better. I really enjoyed seeing that he had a huge library of books that covered the walls of his study. Our last stop of the day was in Beer Sheva. We stopped there to see the well that Abraham dug when he came into the land. Now all of us can say that we have truly been from Dan to Beer Sheva....
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