Following their participation in the Israel Trek (May 2008), Marina and Xiao discuss memories and impressions about Israel.
As luck would have it, my summer internship ended on August 8, 2008, the exact same day that the 2008 Be?ing Olympics began. That night, I joined friends and colleagues at a Hong Kong hotpot restaurant surrounded by steaming bowls of soup and flat-screen TVs broadcasting the opening ceremony. Promptly at 8:08pm, waiters stopped shuffling around, the chatter-filled room fell silent, and all eyes became glued to the TV screens.