OMG! An eventful
trip and celebration to Tel Aviv. The second day, we were hit by a heavy hale
storm (golf ball size) with flooding rain stopping all traffic and much
footfare! Finally located a last
umbrella for sale.
It started at
4:30 p.m.-- one half hour before David's birth time!
An overwhelming
occurrence---first time ever in Tel Aviv in any season!
There was much
that day and the day before to warm the senses as well as each other.
Back to Day
No1!
We casually
bumped into two different people from Eilat half a block away from our
simple hotel.
One of them was
a friend who gives voice and piano concerts just about everywhere! I met her while
David took off for a short walk to the beach. She said to stop by her hotel
where she donated her father's piano!
When we saw her the next day, she gave
us a mini concert. She played my favorite request for "Sentimental
Journey"that had been played throughout my childhood watching and
listening to my dad play on his weekly visits to me at home. Tear fountains
poured from my eyes warming both my heart and my cheeks. Lots.
The she said
she was going to play a song for me. She rolled off CLAIR de LUNE as if it was
a baby's rattle.
I asked, 'HOW
DID YOU KNOW?" She said," I just did."
David jumped up
to let her know that was the song responsible for my first marriage!
I had danced in
a solo improvisation on a bare stage for at least 100 people at a Talent Show
for a department store (Alexander's ---Bronx branch) and the coat buyer caught
sight of me in a black leotard and flying wavy hair.
he was transfixed!
he was transfixed!
We met dear old
friends ( after a three year hiatus) for a free lunch that I was being offered
from Travel Advisor for the warm review I wrote on Travel Advisor! The
following morning we had a free 2 hour Yoga class at the Sivananda Center of
Tel Aviv. We are practitioners at the Sivananda Center in Eilat, so it all felt
like family!
Great teacher,
great class, perfect environment for a birthday celebration.
We sat through
an all Russian evening talk by a recognized artist in a miniature Russian
bookstore across from our hotel. I understood and David played along!
The days were
criss- crossed---a bit star crossed as well, but a magnificent journey into the
serendipity of life.
Make tomorrow
jealous of today! Yeah!
All of what we
seem to encounter allows for surprise. All we have to do is to recognize
it!
We learned that
Eilat had undergone a serious rain storm that last day we were returning home. A
very rare occurrence in Eilat!
The storm on the road home had run
wild flooding a Wadi two hours outside of Beer Sheva, drowning nine 18
year old pre- army recruits on a scheduled hike from their academy.
Another is
still missing.Helicopters were shooting across the late afternoon sky as
we reached the road two hours
outside of Tel
Aviv.
An interesting
trip for the beginning of a new personal year, indeed.
Best to all of you, Miss Rheingold
Best to all of you, Miss Rheingold
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