We had planned to go to Jerusalem but chose to visit Haifa instead. Yesterday was an important commemoration day for all Israeli soldiers who died in battles with many official ceremonies taking place in Jerusalem in the area of the Kotel (Western Wall). So we headed north instead. Charlotte did a school project based on Rina Frank's book (My sister and I - in Hebrew Every house has a balcony). The story is about a Rumanian family in late 40's that has just immigrated in Israel and lives in Haifa in a neighborhood called Wadi Salib. The book is really nice to read especially for us who have parents/grandparents from Rumania. Lots of "shared" memories let's say.... But, important for Charlotte's project was the Wadi Salib area: history, architecture, social & political environement etc... She researched it for a long time and now finally she could see it with her own eyes and camera! Loved it! Of course we also went to the Bahai temple, to the German Colony, to Wadi Ninas for the market and the best falafel in the world. In the evening we ate in Tel Aviv in restaurant Hasdera - great place with good food and really nice people serving it :-). We had planned to experience the independance day (evening) celebrations - many parties going on in Tel Aviv but we were really tired and wanted to wake up early today to head to the Dead Sea. At 2pm we must be at our cousins in Beer Sheva for the traditional independance day BBQ! We kept it simple: Stephane went to bed and Charlotte and I went for Mohito's accross the street at the Havana club... really tasty!
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