I went to the Business lounge to write my blog and as usual got chatting with another guest, another American and this gentleman was talking about the areas that he has visited since he started working here, he also had a great map of Israel which I have been trying to find for ages, and lo and behold he went and got me one, so now I'm the very proud owner of a map of Israel, the whole of Israel not just Haifa. My new American buddy explained about Rosh Hanikra a place almost on the Israeli/Lebanon border, so that is where we are going tomorrow, that and Acco or Acre again its one of those places with numerous spellings for one word.
I finished my blog and headed up the street, I needed cash for Itzhak as I had none when the delivery guys arrived yesterday so Itzhak had lent me the money, how many Landlords do you know that lend you money, not many I bet. I walked to the bank, got very confused with the ATM because it asked me what denomination of money I wanted, how do I know, just give me the cash, so I ended up doing two transactions because I knew that I wouldn't get asked the denomination question on the lower amounts.
I then purchased a little book so that I can keep it in my bag for Hebrew words, and a couple of bottles of water, being dehydrated and unable to drink the water is not good, apparently you can drink the water, but who wants to drink cloudy water, not me. I walked to the apartment, and once again began cleaning, you would think the place was filthy but it isn't, it's just the floors that need cleaning, you know from the dust and stuff, took me three attempts to clean the floors today, I couldn't get to grips with it at all, until I realised I had to clean with the squeegee moppy thing, then wait until it dried to buff them up to gleaming. I cleaned the door and doorway, again it's just the dust from the work that has been done. I decided to stop as I had cleaned and buffed enough for one day, and it was nearly 2 pm, well past feed time, so I headed to Mandarin for a Quinoa salad again, washed down with their lovely Americano.
I topped up my phone credit on the way home, and my phone guru was in the shop today, minus his stitches, last time I had seen him he had unfortunately had an accident with a cupboard, and gashed his head, he was telling me he had to wait 3 hours for the Doctor to take them out, me I think I would have used my own scissors!
My Beloved was in reception when I arrived, and we chatted with Sharbel, who has told me that his name means Sing to God, and what do you know he is a singer at his church and local Choir, he actually invited us to eat with his family tonight, they will all be dining at the hotel in the VIP room, we politely declined as we have things that have to be done, and this is their family time, Sharbel is in the middle of his religious fasting period just now, and we do not want to impose on their evening if this is their time to fill their stomachs and celebrate with the family.
We took ourselves up to the Business Lounge and sorted through mail and bloggy stuff, then we headed for the shower, tonight we are heading to HaBank for supper, before we left we went in to say hello to Sharbel and his family, and what a lovely family he has too, we met Joseph (Dad), Mum (who is and English teacher), four sisters and one soon to be brother in law, we made pleasantries with the family and said our goodbyes.
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