Nahariya, Israel 07/07/06

Yom Shishi (Friday). What a great day! The weekend is here. We were supposed to go down to the beach, but ended up walking downtown Nahariya. The weather was pretty hot, but it's tolerable, since it's humid like Miami. It was walking down Memory Lane, as we walked Herzl street to the center of the little town. Although the town has grown, it remains a small town. We went to the Photo Store to copy my pictures from the memory sticks to CDs. That took a while. Meanwhile, Carlos, Diana and Little Tamar went down to another store and got me some fresh sunflower seeds and some Burrecas. Burrecas are like bread stuffed with potato. That description however, does not do it justice! They are sooooo delicious. I hadn't had one since Yad Vashem last year in Yerushalaim.

We walked the little town some more, but hurried home to get ready to go to a prayer meeting at Diana's cousin's house. Before that, Carlos and Diana took me to see old Stanley Roberts, who used to lead our prayer group. There he was standing with a smile on his wrinkled face. He answered my question and told me that he did not remember me. That almost broke my heart, but then I let it go realizing that he was not as young as he used to be and he had seen thousands of people since 1985. I have also changed a lot.

The prayer meeting that had once belonged to Stanley was now in Hebrew, and it was such a great feeling. I enjoyed singing Hebrew songs with my brothers and sisters and sharing some moments with them.

Right after the meeting, we headed to Diana's parents house for a Shabbat dinner. There was so much delicious food. Diana's mother had prepared almost everything including her special Polish dish. After dinner, some of us talked while the Israeli "American Idol" was on television. Apparently, that's the most watched show there as well. Another great day!