I am so happy! Charlotte has arrived on Sunday night. As usual with almost all flights to Israel, she arrived in the middle of the night. However, we woke up early so as not to miss too much of the precious days we have here together. We went to the Gallery, had Israeli breakfast on the beach (SoFrishman), went by bus to the other side of town to take from the bronze foundry one of my sculptures that was ready, walked to the art supply store to buy canvasses for Stephane, took the "Shirut" (shared cab) back to the gallery, had a falafel, walked to aunt Rosi, took the bus back to the Dizengpoff Center (shopping mall), did a bit of shopping, walked back to the gallery, waited for Stephane to finish some work (Charlotte helped him) , walked home, had dinner... and collapsed!!!! I think Charlotte enjoyed her first day... so did I! Today we had planned to go to Jerusalem. However today is a commemoration for all the Israeli soldiers who died and Jerusalem might be difficult to reach.... We will check before and eventually go to Haifa instead!