Amiti, I looked at the pictures again and realized I'd missed your bead work. Gorgeous. What patience you have! It is difficult to see whether they are 2-D or 3-D. What are they? If I remember correctly Doda Moria showed you how to make 3-D animals. Correct? We miss you. Neshikot, Tutu Belina
I sent you a comment two days ago, but it somehow disappeared in transit. It was just to tell you we were waiting "with bated breath" (to use Shakked's words) for your description of the carnival. So here we got a tasting, and are waiting for further descriptions. Saba and I are looking at the pictures you took and we can't believe it. Even in photos it looks - well, amazing. Neshikot, Tutu Belina
WOW! Whoa!The giant bird is magnificent!You guys are so lucky that you get to experience this your selves!
I can tell from the video that the noise there must have been VERY loud.
P.S.Did Maytal enjoy her first chocolate ice cream?
answer to Mika The pasta was great becausewe ate in Eatally! And - the parmesan cheese was good and all the ingredients were great. Shakked's favorite ice cream was chocolate and Amit's was Malaga - rum with raisins. The Pisa tower was leaning about 30 degrees.
See you in June! Keep reading! :)
ice cream The ice cream sounded great!!!:-) What kind was your guys favorite?How much was the Leaning Tower of Pisa leaning?I've always wanted to go to Italy!!!What was it that made the pasta so good?Extra parmesan cheese?A special sauce...Oh,BTW how do you pronounce Lucca?Luksa?Luka?Luksa?-mika
Lucca is indeed great! After tasting the ice cream also in Argentina, I can tell you it is hard to decide which is better. We loved the flavour 'Chocolate Jersey´ of Munchis, try it when you get to Buenos...
Our kids also loved Lucca when we visited it 5 years ago. It seems like we are going same places!
sounds yummy hi friends
sounds yummy in eatily. can you send some ice cream to jerusalem
too bad we missed you in israel
hope to see you soon somewhere
neshikot
vered
Since I can't hug you - all of you - live, I'm sending you hugs via space. We had a wonderful time with you and the whole family - a truly happy time. The house doesn't feel empty, although only Saba Benni and I are rattling around in it. It is somehow still filled with you and the Amis and Toushtoush+Ma'ayan.
Neshikot, Tutu Belina
Yo tambien comi chapulines y la verdad es saben horrible.Las Navidades en Mexico son muy divertidas que bueno que les toco ser parte de esto.Me encanta Mexico.
Me encanta, me encanta, me encanta.Esta divertidisimo su viaje.No habia podido meterme en mucho tiempo a leer su blog y hoy que finalmente tengo tiempo no puedo parar de leer y de emosionarme de todo lo que estan haciendo.Un besote.Aloha!!!!
Hermosas las fotos.Que chevere es leer de sus aventuras.Muchos besos para los cumpleaneros.Cuidense mucho y sigansela pasando super bien.Los queremos y Extranamos.
1,000 steps? Wow! Selilah thinks Maytal looks cute in her clothes. Nesya thinks she looks way older and it looks like she's standing. How lucky you got to meet your cousins, aunt, and uncle in Greece. Did you suffer from the steps? I'm sure your parents appreciated those 1,000 steps -- they gave them a break while you rested your feet, and probably made you very eager to sit on an airplane again. Have fun in Israel!!!
Where are the pompoms? We really wanted to see the pompoms on the guard's shoes!! Oh, well. It sounds like Shakked's imagination was sparked by Greece. We liked the picture of the lights and Shakked's vivid description of them. Amiel liked the funny mask picture.
MMMMMM! Chocolate Nutella ice cream sounds good!!! We wish we could eat ice cream and pick out balloons with you. Too bad you only got to stay in Queretaro for a short time. It sounds like a neat place. Did Maytal like eating the chocolate as much as she liked wearing it?
Liora's experience at the midwifery clinic sounds very interesting. Look forward to hearing about her experience when she starts working there.
Dear Liora, Ilan, Shakked, Amit and Maytal, thanks for all the travel updates and pictures we have gotten from you so far! It has been fun to read about all the adventures you have had in Mexico and Greece. It makes me want to go too! By the way I think that Shakked and Amit are very good, observant and descriptive writers!...and I love Maytal's smile in the pictures! I hope you are enjoying your time in Israel right now. How long will you stay there? I hope to send you an email soon Liora with news and pictures from here. Love to the five of you and happy travels, Maaike and fam.
Que envidia!!!! Hola Liora y familia!! Que bonitas fotos de Queretaro, no he estado ahi, pero si he escuchado que es una ciudad muy bonita. Nosotros llegamos de Mexico el domingo, asi que he estado desempacando y alineando a todos a la rutina de nuevo. A pesar de que esta vez viajamos en carro e hicimos el recorrido largo de toda Baja California Norte y Sur, nos fue super bien y disfrutamos del desierto y los pequenos pueblos en el camino a La Paz. Temia que seria demasiado para los ninos que no estan acostumbrados a viajar en carro, pero se portaron estupendo, asi que ya estamos listos para hacer mas viajes en carro. Es tan bonito Mexico,verdad?, lastima que el narcotrafico le este dando un tono tan oscuro ultimamnete. Nosotros estuvimos en la pequena burbuja de Norotillos donde no pasa nada, pero la violencia se esta dando ya muy cerca de alli y aunque nadie de la familia lo ha vivido, si se alcanza a sentir en el ambiente.
Pero bueno, no quiero sonar tan pesimista, cuando tu estas tratando de relajarte y disfrutar de tu experiencia. La verdad es que si me da envidia de la buena que esten teniendo esta experiencia,pues me parece que es buenisimo para los ninos, que por cierto escriben mejor que varios adultos que conozco. Espero seguir viviendo un poco tu experiencia por medio de este blog.
Un abrazo muy fuerte,
Hery
Mexicans in Hawaii The view from the road is really pretty. Nesya wishes she was in Mexico. Funny thing: We were at the Polynesian Cultural Center in the Aoteora village. You may recall that they have some games set up there that include big, long sticks. A family was sitting on a bench, and the son picked up one of the sticks like a bat, swinging it in the air. The father laughed and started singing, "Dale, dale, dale..." just like in your video of the pinata. If we hadn't just heard your video, we likely wouldn't have paid any attention, but because of your blog, we struck up a conversation. They were from Mexico City and sang the song for Nesya and Selilah.
I read your blog on the Sun and the Moon Pyramids. You are fortunate to see so much of the world. Till the age of eleven I was never on a plane, and traveled only once from Naharyiah to Jerusalem! I hope you are also having a great time in Greece. Like the Mexicans, they had a fantastic culture thousands of years ago. I suppose you have already seen the Acropolis and the archeological museum in Athens. And in few days you will also see the Straits of Korinthos, Epidavros, Nauplion, and Olympia.
Please try not to be greedy creatures (by the way your Mom never wrote to us how greedy creature is in Spanish - ask her) and take the ancient sculptures you like best to Hawai'i with you.
I suggest you test your parents' knowledge on the myths of Ancient Greece. Tell them that if they fail the test they will have to take you to Greece again next year, or on the way back from South America!!!
Enjoy your cousins. Tutu and I think that the six of you are the best kids in the world.
We are waiting impatiently to see you at the end of the week.
Saba Benni (FORMERLY greedy creature)
Any more blogs???? I keep looking for them when I'm at my computer, which is a good part of the day. You both write amazingly well (to use a favourite word of yours). Saba also reads and enjoys them. And the pictures, of course. We are counting the days till you arrive. Have a good time in Greece (tracing the Odyssea?) with the Amis. Tutu
blog Very cool! thanks for sending the blog site. The boys look so big, glad to hear Shakked is feeling well. Amazing adventures so far and only a couple of weeks! Happy New Year Noy Ohana!
Tutu
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Amiti, I looked at the pictures again and realized I'd missed your bead work. Gorgeous. What patience you have! It is difficult to see whether they are 2-D or 3-D. What are they? If I remember correctly Doda Moria showed you how to make 3-D animals. Correct? We miss you. Neshikot, Tutu Belina