JumpEarth Around the World Adventure

Hi! Last Monday we had the most amazing time! We rented a car and drove to see AFRICAN PENGUINS at Boulders Beach, Cape Town. These penguins were so cute! They waddled around on the sand and looked adorable. This species used to be called Jackass Penguins because of their donkey-like sound, but when it was discovered that other penguin species made that noise too they were renamed African Penguins. We went to two beaches to see the penguins. The second was filled with people but we got to see newborn penguins, eggs, and all ages of penguins living together. On the first beach, we were the only people there and the penguins swam in the water but also walked around with us. After the penguins, we drove to the Cape of Good Hope for a two hour hike. It was very beautiful and it had its own private beach! The walk down to the beach must have had about a hundred enormous stairs, but once we got to the shore it was worth it. Cool, white, soft sand made from crushed shells welcomed our aching feet. Another steep slope rolled down to the water. Asher and I put aside cleanliness, lay on our sides, and tumbled down the hill! We laboriously trekked up the steep sandy mound another two times, always rolling down again. We thought we had convinced Troy to join us, when he jumped up as we were rolling and ran down the hill!, claiming victory over a non-existent race. We didn’t realize he had cheated (we were tumbling down the slope) until we saw video evidence of his treachery. After we’d had our fun at the beach we drove to a very nice restaurant called Thirty Ate and had dinner. We then went home for a couple episodes of the TV show Dexter and fell asleep.

Love you guys (4-13-9  11-6-13-10-21-1-13-23!)!

Ella

Good afternoon, people! I have just finished preparing tonight’s dessert: Grapefruit Jello! I am serving it in an actual grapefruit. Yesterday, my family and I went on a tour around Cape Town and got our Yellow Fever vaccinations. I have also been sick for the past couple of days and though I’m over it I think Asher has caught it from me. I have been working on a special craft, but I am not going to name it on the blog because it is a secret. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you later! Asher has been doing a lot of math homework so I’ve mostly been going out with my parents or working on crafts. Life here has been pretty uneventful, but I’m enjoying Cape Town quite a bit. As such, I can’t think of anything else to say so I’ll write back soon!

25-6-14-14-3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S

Tomorrow is the anniversary of our first week in Africa!

Ella’s Grapefruit Gelatin Dessert… Yummy!

Camp’s Bay Beach

Hey! I am writing to you from Cape Town, South Africa! We flew for two hours from Tel Aviv, Israel to Istanbul, Turkey, then 11 hours from Istanbul to here. I started writing this post in Istanbul but I lost my train of thought and had to start over (it was 1:00 am after all). When we arrived in Cape Town it was raining, a relief because we know they have a water crisis. They had signs posted all over the airport about conserving water, and instead of normal faucets in the bathrooms they had misters! It really shows how wasteful and careless most Americans are. Driving to our apartment I realized how colorful all the houses here are! There were sculptures and art all along the road and the ocean was crashing across the shore. It’s too cold now to swim, but I can’t wait until the weather warms up. Apparently there are Great White Sharks here! I consider that the first day of our around-the-world trip, so here we go!

18-1-23-24  12-6 14-21-5-15!

Shalom! This is my first real blog post on JumpEarth.com, so bear with me here. I am writing this from my grandmother’s house (we call her “Savta” in Hebrew) in Ra’anana, Israel. So far I’ve been hanging out with my cousins at escape rooms, cooking with my Savta, meeting all of my friends and family, and doing homework. I’ve been having a lot of fun! I got to watch an air show at a military pilot graduation ceremony yesterday and I’m really excited to see one particular airplane-obsessed friend’s reaction. Tonight my family and I are flying to Africa! Last Friday we went to the beach and my brother Asher got stung by a jellyfish. We’re pretty sure he’s allergic. I’m very excited because last school year I spent months making my Savta a present and I gave it to her a couple of days ago. It’s a wood-burned Memory Box and it is filled with pictures of her and my late grandfather (or “Saba”). It has a wire tree embedded with lights in the middle and there’s a little swing hanging down from it. She loved it so much that she cried! I’m really happy she liked it so much because I put a lot of effort into it. As I said before, she’s been cooking for us a lot, so here is one of my favorite recipes:

Bit-a-matah

Ingredients/Materials

• 1.5 tomatoes
• 2 eggs
• Oil
• Frying Pan
• Whip
• Fork

1. Finely dice 1.5 tomatoes
2. Crack 2 eggs and whip them
3. Put oil in a frying pan
4. Put the whipped eggs in the frying pan
5. When the eggs look ready fold them in half (still in the pan) and put the tomatoes in on the pan
6. Slide the eggs over the tomatoes for 15 seconds
7. Squish the tomatoes using a fork
8. Unfold the eggs
9. Spread the tomatoes onto the eggs
10. Wait 3 minutes
11. Done!

ELLA…..      14-3-19-6  22-3-21 10-21-22-23!