banana beach

we made it to the beach today and thankfully we all left without getting burned. we went past the town of nahariya to a town of achsiv, near the lebonese border. it was a lovely beach. there were a lot of families. we arrived around 1pm and it was quite hot. the water was wonderful! warm, clear, small waves. we also enjoyed a great lunch, which, for some, included iced coffee, pepsi, french fries & hamburgers- all very different from our usual diet of hummus & pita.

i tried hummus shankshuka (?) which was made of a sunny side up egg (runny on the inside) with tomatoes and spices--surrounded by hummus and served with pita. it was good, spicy, didn't know whether or not to stir it all together with the hummus. and i ate the egg kinda seperate, didn't know if i should've stirred that in as well...but it was tasty and nice to try something new. (the waitress reccomended it)

last night's sukkot song went....well. it was the twelve of us and maybe six children. the "audience" didn't really know whether or not to clap when we were finished. we were the opening act. after us adults on the kibbutz did some skit that i couldn't understand and a child and his grandmother sang a song together. then we had hot dogs and i learned that israeli's don't do lines. they will walk in front of you, no respect or care for a line. later there were two comedians in the pub. we went to the show, which wasn't very fun since none of us know hebrew.