our israel trip
We’ve been back 2 weeks from our trip to Israel, and we’re, thankfully, rested and back on schedule. I must say that the 11 hour flight and 7 hour time-difference was nowhere nearly as bad as I feared it would be with a 17 month-old. We are lucky - the kid travels pretty well.
He traveled as a lap-child, but we were lucky to score a free seat for him on the flight there. Here he is all buckled in. (He actually slept for most of the flight. It was a red-eye).
Tea-kettle lid as hat:
His new favorite thing: kiddie-sized broom! These things were ubiquitous - every house we visited that had (or even occasionally entertained) children seemed to have one. We actually went to the toy store and bought him one, and he was so damn delighted when he saw thgem in the store. We haven’t given it to him yet since we’ve been home, but I am expecting a lot of excitement when we do:
With Aunt Tamar:
In my grandparent’s neighborhood:
My sister with a schnitzel sandwich at the beach:
Ryan:
Papa teaching Nathaniel some new tricks:
My cousin's wedding had quite a band (lip-syncing pop tunes):
Sexy lifeguard at the beach. Haha - my friend Aviva and I have a running joke about the lifeguards. I *did* get the standard lifeguard treatment - when I was going in with Nathaniel I got admonished over the loudspeaker for going in too far with baby.
Tel-Aviv:
The cutest little plumber's crack, if I say so myself.
On the flight home. Shirt reads "heart breaker"
Just some typical-israeli (or random-israeli) things I wanted to capture. First up, the toilets almost always have a bigger and smaller flush, depending on the need:
Another version of the water-saving flush system:
Ubiquitous in every shower: a squeegee to reign in the water on the floor. Especially handy in those showers without shower walls so the water ends up all over the bathroom floor.
Toy-crane machine spotted at the central bus station in Tel-Aviv:
A closer look. Yep, those are cigarettes scattered amongst the toys:
Tel-Aviv, Nachalat Binyamin. I was amused by the sign.
Graffiti, Nachalat Binyamin
More graffiti - Nachalat Binyamin (this is by Rami Meiri, a very popular mural artist in Israel)
Juice stand and a cat - two very typical Israeli things.
Sign stuck in the beach that reads: "i'm a beach, not a giant ashtray, okay?!"
He traveled as a lap-child, but we were lucky to score a free seat for him on the flight there. Here he is all buckled in. (He actually slept for most of the flight. It was a red-eye).
Tea-kettle lid as hat:
His new favorite thing: kiddie-sized broom! These things were ubiquitous - every house we visited that had (or even occasionally entertained) children seemed to have one. We actually went to the toy store and bought him one, and he was so damn delighted when he saw thgem in the store. We haven’t given it to him yet since we’ve been home, but I am expecting a lot of excitement when we do:
With Aunt Tamar:
In my grandparent’s neighborhood:
My sister with a schnitzel sandwich at the beach:
Ryan:
Papa teaching Nathaniel some new tricks:
My cousin's wedding had quite a band (lip-syncing pop tunes):
Sexy lifeguard at the beach. Haha - my friend Aviva and I have a running joke about the lifeguards. I *did* get the standard lifeguard treatment - when I was going in with Nathaniel I got admonished over the loudspeaker for going in too far with baby.
Tel-Aviv:
The cutest little plumber's crack, if I say so myself.
On the flight home. Shirt reads "heart breaker"
Just some typical-israeli (or random-israeli) things I wanted to capture. First up, the toilets almost always have a bigger and smaller flush, depending on the need:
Another version of the water-saving flush system:
Ubiquitous in every shower: a squeegee to reign in the water on the floor. Especially handy in those showers without shower walls so the water ends up all over the bathroom floor.
Toy-crane machine spotted at the central bus station in Tel-Aviv:
A closer look. Yep, those are cigarettes scattered amongst the toys:
Tel-Aviv, Nachalat Binyamin. I was amused by the sign.
Graffiti, Nachalat Binyamin
More graffiti - Nachalat Binyamin (this is by Rami Meiri, a very popular mural artist in Israel)
Juice stand and a cat - two very typical Israeli things.
Sign stuck in the beach that reads: "i'm a beach, not a giant ashtray, okay?!"