First, weird days

Weird because we're really jetlagged and so basically nocturnal. Actually, we've been getting up in the afternoon and staying up through the wee hours, every day getting up a little bit earlier.
On our first day (Thursday) we got up at 3 pm, got our luggage at 5, and went to Tiberias at 6 in a failed attempt to open a bank account. Arriving so close to closing (more than 1/2 hour?) made it impossible to complete the loads of paperwork apparently required. We did get our inaugural falafel in Tiberias, though.


Note the sweatiness. It is SO HOT here. Tiberias was horrible, even in the evening. We attempted to entertain Lilah in the shuk (market) and on the waterfront, but she just wanted to eat these disgusting, brightly-colored snowball-like slushy drinks that come out of giant vats.
Friday was better, as we woke up in time to get some food for lunch and then get to the pool. Lilah tried to fight the sun with her umbrella.


The kiddie pool here is amazing - shallow, covered, and teeming with kids and their grandparents. It is the only respite in this heat. Talia found us there and befriended Lilah pretty quickly.

Then we went back to Safta's house in preparation for exciting shabbat dinner in the dining room.