Eating for cheap in the North of Israel
When I was a lass I distinctly remember my dad telling us of the good old days at the shukhakarmel [we are only talking 10 – 15 years ago] where you could get whatever was in season for a “shekel kilo!”. I pictured us living here, drowning in tomatoes 4 months a year, living off fruit …
Happy Birthday Israel!
Israel is looking pretty good for 63, I have to say. As they say about the Queen, there is life in the old bird yet. Karmiel had a load of celebrations going on but I didn’t make it to any of them. The tekes [ceremony] and party on the eve of the chag started long …
Charlotte comes for tea, and other furry creatures.
As you can see, the latest uninvited guest to our home has twice as many legs as the usual ones….. I think she’s quite sweet but friends of ours who have met her have screamed and run away in horror. I suppose she could be poisonous but thankfully we will never know as she had …