gap year in israel

Netherlands 2017

Netherlands day 1

Day 1 Dear Parents, We have all safely arrived in the wonderful city of Amsterdam!We reached our hotel, which is very well located close to public transportation and cool sites, and it is extremely comfortable. Once everyone was ready, we headed out to begin exploring. We went to the Rijksmuseum. The museumfirst opened its doors […]

Weekly Update – Tel Aviv March 9, 2017

Gap year in israel - aardvarkisrael

Shalom Parents, March has arrived together with spring. I am telling you this because at Aardvark we celebrate the arrival of the spring with “Break Out March” You may ask “what exactly is that?” It is a platform we created for the students to help them to take a step forward, leave their comfort zone and do […]

Student of the Week – Jan Van Brakel

Student of the week jan van brakel

My name is Jan Van Brakel, I am 18 years old and live in Amsterdam, Netherlands. After I finished high school , I decided to take a gap year, because I feel that I am too young to study (or work) immediately after school. I followed the example of my friends in Israel who will […]

Holland 2014

Holland 2014

Day 1 Unbelievably we left Israel in rain (in May!) to arrive to Holland in rain. The plane ride and landing was a bit bumpy. Somehow Sivan survived. We were met at the airport by a very tall blond woman who was our driver to the hostel. After storing our luggage we did what every […]