blasted!

last night: an honourable mention to the strange duck-shaped liquorice... VERY nice, VERY addictive. i had to exercise full restraint in order to stop halfway.

woke up quite late this morning, around 10am, and got to herzeliyah around 11. we went straight off to the palmach museum, which was FANTASTIC - didn't notice the 90 minutes fly by. excellent concept, and i actually removed the english headset after a couple of minutes because i found the hebrew more enjoyable - less explanations, more of the feel for the subject matter. and lots and lots of army-speak.

afterwards we went on a mission to by rollerblades. started at the namal - the northernmost point of tel aviv - and ended almost at the opposite end... my 54 year old mum's getting a LOT of exercise on her holiday :) stopped in at a friend's work on the way, and had a chat with the turkish security guard at my old army hostel, and finally found the right store.

i've come home with a beeyootiful pair of salomon blades, now i have to try them out (i'm deciding as i type whether it's more urgent to get to bed or not).

we picked up the dog from the base, who introduced us to a side of tel aviv i've never seen before - bazel - and we had supper and coffee at a nice place on the side of the road.

i've just got back from herzeliya, completely bombed, and i think i'm gonna go check out those blades now. and i have to tidy my room at some stage. and i have to be up at 7.30am... this is gonna be interesting. i can't say i've wasted my holiday :P