Terrific Day!

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

We had the day off today, I was excited to catch up on sleep! I actually slept until 10:30, quite late for me. Then Brian and I ate some brunch at 12. It was a nice slow start to our day. We had debated about going to tel aviv to see a friend. After some time we decided we might as well.

We asked the receptionist for a number for a taxi and we waited. We saw a taxi and got excited but it wasn't ours. Brian being the realist/optimist he said he was sure ours was still on the way. Our guy arrived and our adventure began. We boarded the train to tel aviv. The mission was for Brian to try his first aroma! We documented the excitement, of course. He did a very nice job entertaining me about the aroma! We had a nice long talk because my friend may was taking forever to join us.

She called and said she had a surprise, I was convinced she was going to buy me a coffee... In fact we were going to her beautiful boat! The plan was to buy a train ticket and wait at the platform to join her on the train. I was a little hesitant about this plan because of our previous adventure on the train. May told us she was on the last train car, we decided it would be best to jump on the train and then move our way to the back. The way you board the train is by not letting anyone out and just pushing your way on before the door closes. As we were making our way to the right car, I was trying to call may and then was attacked by her. It was very fun to meet on a train. The 3 of us were talking, mostly may and I hitting each other and Brian being amused. All of a sudden may happened to look up and realize we were in hertzelyia and had to jump off the train. That time we made it without any door opening problems.

We met her dad and drove us to the marina. Then we met may's mom and younger sister. It is one of the most beautiful boats I have ever been on.  We were hesitant about taking a sail and getting back on time, so May's mom made a very tasty dinner: eggs, salad, bread, humus, all the essentials.  It was one of the most relaxing experiences!  I think probably the best day in Israel so far.

Finally, it was time to make our way back to our hotel.  Brian had checked the train schedules before we left, but that was from Tel Aviv.  When we arrived at the platform we saw a train approaching, we decided instead of us just jumping on the first train we waited for one that we knew.  About 40 minutes later our train arrived.  We succesfully made it on our train and off, then called the taxi and arrived back at our hotel.

A really excellent day :)  Tomorrow the long awaited move to our house!