Brussels 7 and 8 May. Hôtel Bloom. Must call great uncle Elie and cousin Hanka.
Antwerp 8 to 10 May at the cousins.

Dijon 23 and 24 May. Hôtel du Parc. Bar mitsva of family friend's son.

Athens 12 September. Bar mitsva cousin Ezer.

Paris. Mid September wedding Igal.

Choose one option for my situation:
-Israeli bug is back, alive and kicking
-ate too much eggplant
-one of the salads was spoiled
-Mizrachi food is too hard on my little European stomach
-or?

Shabbes was awful. Completely awful. My friend was away so I was home ALL DAY WITH A BORED BABY! Never mind the mikve lady says I muuuuust attend the shabbes shiur ( Read more... )

What bli neder I must try to do every day:

- work on my German. I learned it for 9 years, it was my first foreign language years before English, I used to be extra good, and I have good bases in Yiddish. How come I have "forgotten"??
I need to be able to say my level in German is at least intermediate, or all the above will be in vain.

- do 30 mins of ( Read more... )