"Such a perfect day, I'm so glad I spent it with you"
It was, such a perfect day. We didn't go to the zoo, but to the Luna Park, an amusement park in Tel Aviv. We spent the first half an hour screaming as in a screaming contest (Asaf won, closely followed by Hagar) on the small roller coaster. The lines were almost non-existing so we managed to get on the thing twice, go on a carousel that goes up and down and the flying chairs before running like hell to the Anaconda, the biggest roller coaster there is in the Luna Park (though in global terms it's a very small coaster). We screamed some more, and then headed to the Pirate ship. Sofi and I sat this on out, and Asaf and Hagar returned with a bit of nausea and a knack for sweet (Hagar, at least). We had some cotton candy (Hagar went to get another one after the first one disappeared in a very quick rate) and then went Sofi and I went to the water slides. After that we all rode the Octopus and Hagar was kind enough to go on the Brake dance with me (very swirly thing, that is). Feeling a bit better, we rode the Sky loop, after which Hagar decided that she'd had enough, so I dragged Asaf to the Ta-Ga-Da with me (a big round bench that jumps up and down. It hurts like hell on your but and is a very good practice for the abdominal muscles) and he dragged me to have another go on the Anaconda (I wasn't resisting much... Well, I wasn't resisting at all). After that ride we all felt like we can lower our adrenalin level, and after a few games (which got us one voodoo doll, a psychedelic bracelet that made Hagar do weird things, one tiger shaped cell-phone-bag and two small candles) we had one more round on the ferris wheel and headed outside the park.
Luckily my car was parked very close by, so we all went in and I drove south to the restaurant we had reservations for at 14:00 (we arrived on the dot, which was kinda nice). We had a very large meal, drinking a lot of water in the process (we were famished and dehydrated - it was really hot outside), and the atmosphere was one that can only be in a lasy Friday afternoon in Tel Aviv, with very good friends and good food, and a great day behind us.
Drove Asaf and Sofi to a station they could grab a cab from, to go back to Haifa, and then drove with Hagar to Kfar Saba, to wait for her mom to pick her up. Even though there was a bit of traffic clutter on the way we arrived some time before Hagar's mom, so we sat in the car, in the middle of the parking lot of the train station, the car standing in diagonal, blocking three parking spaces (the lot was completely deserted), with windows wide open, our chairs tilted back with the Friday-afternoon music they play in these hours and half dosed off, half talked about the day we had.
I drove home on 120 km/h (at the slowest) with the smell of summer in my face, wind and music.
Needless to say, I'm on cloud nine.
The only thing that bothered me was that Mel was unable to come with us, but I'm taking her to the Superland next week, so I hope it'll be proper compensation.
Luckily my car was parked very close by, so we all went in and I drove south to the restaurant we had reservations for at 14:00 (we arrived on the dot, which was kinda nice). We had a very large meal, drinking a lot of water in the process (we were famished and dehydrated - it was really hot outside), and the atmosphere was one that can only be in a lasy Friday afternoon in Tel Aviv, with very good friends and good food, and a great day behind us.
Drove Asaf and Sofi to a station they could grab a cab from, to go back to Haifa, and then drove with Hagar to Kfar Saba, to wait for her mom to pick her up. Even though there was a bit of traffic clutter on the way we arrived some time before Hagar's mom, so we sat in the car, in the middle of the parking lot of the train station, the car standing in diagonal, blocking three parking spaces (the lot was completely deserted), with windows wide open, our chairs tilted back with the Friday-afternoon music they play in these hours and half dosed off, half talked about the day we had.
I drove home on 120 km/h (at the slowest) with the smell of summer in my face, wind and music.
Needless to say, I'm on cloud nine.
The only thing that bothered me was that Mel was unable to come with us, but I'm taking her to the Superland next week, so I hope it'll be proper compensation.