What A Wonderful Day In The Neighborhood!

     What a wonderful way to spend the afternoon…  Everyone knows that the supermarket is the best way to meet new people and grow new friendships. 

NOT HERE!!

     How about we tell that to the nice man I met today in the grocery store.  In America when you are blocking someone’s way in the local Publix they either wait patiently for you to move or make you aware of their presence and politely excuse themselves.  Today in Israel… an older man decided the best way to get me to move would be to repeatedly smash the front of his shopping cart against mine until I moved.  I did move my cart but a curtly replied (in English which i doubt he understood) “a simple excuse me would have done just fine.”

     When he didn’t reply I angrily mumbled under my breath about how utterly RUDE Israelis were.  I truly believe they are courteously challenged.  I rarely ever meet an Israeli who is the exception to the rule… My own husband included.  WOW  It’s something I just can’t get used to.

 

Thanks to my Mom and Dad (and Aunt Barb, lol) for teaching me proper manners and etiquette both in and out of public.

As The Fog Rolls In

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Before I came to Be'er Sheva I read about the night sky here. It's almost a dead 50/50 of clear nights to foggy ones. Well... tonight was defiantly a foggy one. The fog rolled in so thick that the buildings across the street almost disappeared behind it.

From what I read the moisture gets trapped under the desert heat and is unable to dissipate before the drop in temperature at sunset. It is an amazing anomaly and I felt I had to share it with you all.

A Taste Of The Ordinary

     As I spent the day with my mother-in-law and her sister Shoshana I got a small taste of home when I saw a mail lady delivering the mail and the whole street of dogs just starting howling at this poor woman.  I guess some things are no different no matter where you travel.  Dogs still hate mail men/women. 

 

How funny…