Friday before Rosh Hashana

ZH came back from Poland a couple days ago and I didn't call since I assumed she will be busy with catching up. But ID called and reminded me that she want us the girls from the old place to meet. Since one died a few month ago and with A no body kept in touch only 3 of us left. So I called ZH and asked her to decide time/place with ID and it will be today - Shabat 7:00 PM. ZH and me also decided to meet yesterday so I took savta's car and got to her place. From there we walked to the beach through the Yarkon. I was surprise to see that the Yarkon was full of water and people were rowing the boats (Friday - most people are not working in Israel), because, in the past there was a lot of pollution. It really looked much nicer since the days that Ari and UB took a boat there 25 years ago and fished out bottles and cans. She told me that since there almost no water left in the Yarkon they are pumping water from the sea the opposite direction of the natural flow.
It was quite hot and humid and it seems that today we'll get the first rain (Called "HAYORE"). So we tried to walk in the shade. But suddenly a very nervous biker passed us from the opposite side and screamed with wrinkled face that that shady side was the biker's side... We kept on , because that side is ALSO the biker side, but we had no intention to walk in the sun...
Well, we got to the old port of Tel Aviv that once was full of run down storage houses and now it turns to be a shopping /restaurant center (including Y's and K's "Beni HADAYAG").
I convinced ZH that we should enter to each store and compare the strength of the air condition and although it seemed to her crazy the beginning, she got into it and on the way we also saw some interesting things in the stores.
OOPS... the first rain started pouring now....How fun! It smells so good!
Anyway, we sat in an ice cream parlor and I invited her for a huge ice cream :( and than We walked some more and saw a farmers market. We talked with a guy who came from a MOSHAV near Gaza and sold small cucumbers - very tasty ZH and him were talking about how wonderful is that the shelling from Gaza stopped.
Anyway after tasting some good stuff we went on since as I mentioned it was hot, humid and we still had a long walk.
When we got to their place UH was there. He just came back from shopping to the weekend (most shops closed on Saturday).
I asked to watch the DVD from A's wedding because I wanted to see the dance she and SH prepared. So they also saw the DVD for the first time and it was fun. A lot of youngsters, A looked very nice and happy. Both of them seemed happy! A lot of dances and also dances when the groom and the bride are carried on the shoulders of 2 guys. Once it was only in religious weddings And it is fun to see...It certainly was a very happy wedding.
UH prepared dinner and I was still full from the ice cream so I didn't eat a lot J
We talked a lot and exchanged stories but at 7:00 I jumped and decided to go back to savta. Well, it is more the fact that I am around since as you know TV is the best partner.
This morning (Saturday) After the coffee I sat with her and continued arranging her documents. I am trying to put some order and clean up unnecessary papers in order that she will be able to find what she needs.
We still have a lot of work, although more and more is done in the house.
This evening ID will come to pick me up to Tel Aviv to meet with ZH.
Now, savta has a crisis. IT is Saturday and as I wrote, the first rain poured suddenly and stopped, but with that also the TV and the Internet lines stopped, so she is trying to call them. No chance! No body will come now... SHABBAT... and even on another day prayers gets here more than the support teams. It is probably a general problem in the area.
Monday eve is Rosh Hashanna, just try to get some honey cake or dip some apple with honey for a sweet year...Just to get some of the festive feeling of this holiday...Also fish head - in order to be a head of ... and not a tail.. :)