Last week in Israel was a very unique one.
On one hand, it was Hanuka, the celebration of light and miracles.
On the other hand, there were too many lights, or actually one great fire in "Hacarmel Forest" and no miracle to stop it.
It was a hot weekend in every aspect.
But, as life goes on and people do continue their personal plans, we met our friends from Eilat for a weekend of touring Golan Heights (see link).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights#
It was a lovely family trip for both our families.
We started the morning with a bi g breakfast in a resturant called "Tata" which is great grand mother or auntie in many languages.
Service was less than OK, and my friend complained a little to the owner of the resurant. Later on we learnt that one of the weitresses was fired :-( Maybe we shouldn't say anything???)
Anyway, as our stomacks were full, we could continue our way to the heights. We visited the Arbel mountain but as we turned there 1 hour before closing time there was not much to do.... Kids were very happy.
We then stopped for a coffee break (what, we did not eat anything in 2 hours!) next to a monument for soldiers who fought in Yom Kipur war and lost their life there.
If you look at photo number 3, you can see a spirit of one of them, driving in circles trying to break free...
From there we went to the guest house where we spent the night.
Next morning was a lovely trip to Zavitan river (actually, river is dry!). Was an amazing experience, to convince the little kids (6 years old), that soon we will finish the track and get a rest, when we had at least an hour of walking left!
My friend Nurit who is the best story teller I have ever met took the task to distract the kids mind off the long walk, and started telling mythology stories.
I was so fascinated in her stories, that the track was too short for me...
For dessert we visited "Aniam" an artists village, which was a very nice time spending (luckily not money spending :-) )
By the finish said goodbye to our friends that stayed there for another night, and we headed home. Even though we drove safely, we managed to do the way in 2 h 15 min (45 min early than expected)
Go figure
So, as I usualy say -
Life, enjoy them, as you'll never know what will happen next... and if the fire that you are looking at is to keep you warm on a cold night, or burn your house...
Yours,
Eti
