Average week

This week has been pretty low key for us. My friend Wendy and I took her daughter to the "Gesher at Nesher". The small hike to these two suspension bridges was very peaceful - which was surprising since we were so close to the city. Running back and forth across the bridges was a lot of fun too (Laura did most of the running).





Tuesday, I was invited to visit the "prehistoric caves" just south of Haifa with a couple of friends. When we arrived, it looked like we were going to be the only 3 there (tourist season over?) but two large buses of kids (maybe 4th or 5th graders?) showed up while we were gathering our things, so we hurried up to get in before them. The caves were interesting. They had a video of what life might have been like long long ago. Life seemed to be much more simple then, no worries of parking tickets or what outfit to wear. After seeing the caves we went for a nice walk down a rocky dirt road, not really sure where it would lead. After half an hour or so, we turned around and headed back to the car. It was still a nice walk even if it wasn't to a "destination". We finished our outing with a picnic lunch and then parted ways.

Other than that, I've been keeping busy with house stuff, swimming, and hanging out with friends. Ken has a bit of a cold :-( but he seems to be pulling through. It's always tough to be sick away from home. Our neighbors offered Ken some cake last night. He took a huge bite before I had time to let him know it was poppy seed cake, not fudge. By the looks you could have easily suspected it was chocolate... poppy seed was a big disappointment. We don't anticipate having to take a drug test anytime soon :-) I've never experienced that much poppy seed in one bite. I'm never quite sure how to react either because you don't want to offend anybody especially after they just said this was their absolute favorite cake. Oh well, by now the neighbors are used to my "hmmm, that's interesting" responses.