We went to the North for the weekend, and that's why I haven't posted here in several days. On Friday we drove up there, and we stayed with friends in Nahariya on Friday and Saturday nights.
On Friday night, I helped lead the Kabbalat Shabbat prayers at Emet V'Shalom, our old synagogue in Nahariya.
On Shabbat morning, we drove to the Birya Forest, just north of Tsfat, to enjoy the beauty there. We met some friends for lunch in Nahariya, and then we again took a drive, this time up the small road on the east side of the Hula Valley. We returned to Nahariya via Khurfeish and Maalot.
On Sunday, we got up and left early to beat the traffic into Haifa, where David had an appointment at the Rambam Medical Center. The bypass around the krayot is now finished, making it MUCH easier to get into Haifa from the north.
In the afternoon, David had an appointment at MaccabiDent in the Asuta Hospital in Tel Aviv. A very few years ago, he had some very expensive dental work done there, and now there are some problems. We believe that they should fix the problems for free or at least for a very small charge. However, no one there was even able to tell us ANYTHING about their warranty policy (which, I fear, actually doesn't exist!). Instead, we have to go back for an appointment with a particular doctor who is only available on the 18th. This will cause me to lose a WHOLE DAY of lessons, but we have to do it. If, as I suspect, there is no coverage, and they want to charge us a bundle of additional money to get the problems fixed, you will DEFINITELY be hearing about it (you, and as many other people as I can reach). I hope I'm wrong about this, but I certainly didn't get a very good feeling from our visit there Sunday.
On the drive back home, we began to encounter a lot of dust in the air around Be'er Sheva, and it got worse by Makhtesh Ramon. From there on home, it was so dusty that it was like driving in quite heavy smog. This certainly marred the beauty of the desert.
This morning I got up fairly early and got in a good walk, a good work-out, and good stretches.
I taught 8 units of Berlitz lessons today: 9:30-11:00, 3:30-5:00, 5:00-6:30, and 7:00-8:30.
After my first class, I went over to the Maccabi office in town to find out what happened to David's neurology appointment last Wednesday. Apparently the doctor was not able to make it, and they claim they tried to contact me. Anyway, David now has another appointment with the neurologist on the 26th.
We ate lunch at Il Pentolino. David had apple pie, and I had a toasted bagel with egg salad and black olives.
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