We woke up bright and early today; at 3pm. So far, so good. That's sleeping in for us even on Iowa time, so we're doing great! Unnoticed by us until that time due to our hibernation, our windows apparently overlook the surface of the sun, because it is blindingly bright. I'm guessing this will be the only day we'll be able to ignore this feature and sleep to any reasonable hour.
Last night we went walking towards the beach, or as Iowan's think of it, the edge of the rational world. It turns out that Israel is to cats what Moscow is to dogs - there are legions of strays running loose. As Naomi translated to me from a passing conversation "the fake beach is covered in cats". Once we wo
rked our way towards
the real beach, however,
things became quite lively. Every hundred feet (excuse me, every 30 meters) there was a waterfront
restaurant with tables on the sand. We're choosy, so we picked the second such restaurant we saw.
We chose correctly, because about 20 minutes after we sat down they started live salsa music. It was fantastic!
We drank and danced and relaxed and repeated. We managed to get Hebrew menus, which was okay because I just had to look for "bira" and I was okay. Carlsburg is the big beer here, but
I picked one called Tuborg which was quite refreshing. The wine Naomi drank, as well as all the wine on the menu, was Israeli. On the way home, we managed to disco
ver all sorts of fantastic street art, which I insisted we pose beside.
4 comments:
Imagine salsa music in Israel. Go figure....
Salsa music is everywhere. I heard it in France...in a bowling alley.
Tuborg is a pretty good beer. It's a Dutch beer I believe. Find some Baltica beer from Russia if you can. It's not really very good, but you should still try to find it.
PS My word verification is "resto", which sounds like a Harry Potter spell, so I'm gonna go practice it.
Resto!
I like the required "I'm in front of a McDonald's in another country we should take a picture" picture.
Also, I'm glad you don't have allergies any more, because it could have gotten interesting with the abundence of stray cats running around. (-:
Dancing in the street (or the sand) sounds fun...and I love outdoor cafes. Ames has so many (!). Glad you're finding ways to dance and be merry.
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