Friday April 3
- took a bus to Netanya to spend a few days with my sister Dena and her husband Amit
- had a wonderful Nepalese Shabbat dinner made by Amit's grandmother's caretaker Mina, while being joined by my friend (and Amit's cousin) Abby
Saturday April 4
- went to Tel Aviv at night to join in the celebrations for Tel Aviv's 100th birthday
- met up with Amit's cousin Eitan and his girlfriend Maayan and went to a cute little bar called Backy's where Eitan's friend was a bartender
Sunday April 5
- didn't really do much except run some travel errands with Dena and Amit
- sat on the beach for awhile
Monday April 6
- went Passover food shopping with Dena, only to be severely disappointed
- discovered that most of Israel eats Kitniyot, which I don't, which makes all the food that says Kosher L'Pesach NOT kosher at all!!!! Realized that if I don't eat kitniyot, it's actually easier to celebrate Pesach in the States
Tuesday April 7
- sat on the beach for a few hours, it was beautiful weather!
- Mina made this dinner called Pansaroti, which everyone loves, it was delicious!
Wednesday April 8
- went to Eitan's parents' house in Herzliyya for Seder
- this seder was amazing, tons of amazing food that was kosher for me and Dena (we were the only ones not eating kitniyot)
- surprisingly, almost every guest at this seder was American, but it still made it quite interesting
- it really made me miss my family's seder, and more specifically having all my family together for it
- left for the airport right after Seder to catch my 5 am flight to Greece!