Last night we went back to the Herzilea marina for dinner which is really a very nice area. The cab drivers tell us that Herzilea is where all the rich people live.
As you can see, this in no way looks anything like what I figured Israel looked like. When the cab drivers hear that this is our first time in the country, they say 'You thought we were in a war, yes?" and laugh. They also try to get us to figure out the cell phone that their uncle sent them from New York that does not display in Hebrew. Yes, I'm sure it is a nice phone. No, I don't want to buy it.
Dinner was good - a small steak with carrots and sweet potatoes in a sherry sauce. All the restaurants have great bread, but the main dishes are usually fish and vegetables. Easy enough to find chicken and veal, but no pork anywhere.
This is my big spacious bed, which is about knee high off the ground.
On closer inspection you will see that it is just two twin beds made up separately and then pushed together.
I am also amazed that while Israel is a fairly high tech country, they have not mastered the shower curtain. I can't remember the last time I stayed in a hotel where the shower curtain was not either glass or on a curved rod. I spent my whole shower trying to push the curtain away and getting no less than a gallon of water in the floor.
We should also dump American Idol in favor of the Eurovision contest. It is way more amusing.
3 comments:
Clearly there are opportunities in Israel for a clever entrepreneur: shower curtain engineer, cell phone converter, or bacon smuggler. Take your pick!
Note to self: bacon based shower curtain... secure funding.
it's beautiful.
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