Sunday, 26 November 2017

My first task after breakfast this morning was to go to Maccabi and have the nurse check my left heel. It seems to be getting better, but I thought it might be worthwhile to have it checked. She didn't think there was anything in there, but she advised me to have the doctor check it. I haven't done that yet, but I plan to.

After that, I walked up to Hannah's and then we walked down to her bank and to the post office to get some errands we needed to do done.

Then we walked back up a bit, and she treated me to lunch at the Thai restaurant, which was very delicious. It was so pleasant out that we ate outside (in the shade) and just sat there chatting for some time afterwards. I was actually wearing a tank top and felt very comfortable.

After that, we walked further up the street, stopping to shop and browse a bit in several places. In particular, we went into the "Russian" market near Maccabi and actually enjoyed the Xmas things for sale. It's MUCH easier to appreciate Xmas here is Israel where it's hardly in evidence at all and certainly NOT stuffed down one's throat. In fact, even the Russians here who seem to celebrate it are mostly actually celebrating "Sylvester", which is a week later (Jan 1) and is considered to be an absolutely secular holiday (and was promoted as such during the communist era). Hannah actually took today's pic of the day (in the "Russian" supermarket):

After a bit more hanging together at Hannah's place (and some impromptu Hebrew learning, which, at one point, had both of us absolutely in stitches!), I headed back down the road, bought a mouse, and then walked back home.

In the evening, I went to our weekly play-reading group, where we continued our reading of "The Crucible".

I walked a total of 8.3 kilometers today.