Pesach Break Part 1- Netanya

This is WAAAAYY overdue, but I had to hit the ground running after I came home from vacation, so here are my vacation blogs. Also, because there's so much to say (because I did so much) my blogs are going to be in bullet format. If you would like more information on anything I did, feel free to actually email me (what a concept!!!) Pictures will follow in another blog, similar to my Petra photo slideshow.

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!