What a week!

I had a very full week, the fullest since my family visited last summer: on top of working  4 out of 5 days, I had 3 evening events - including a wonderful performance by stand-up-comedian Chana Cohen Eloro, spent a day at the Kinneret, and following the third event, a Bar Mitzva, went into Jerusalem to go to the Light Festival in the Old City with friends.

The day at the Kinneret was great, we were a group of women ranging from 1 to mid 60's  - me, two friends, the baby of one of them, and my 6-year-old granddaughter - and all greatly enjoyed the beach  (Chokok - חוקוק) and each other's company. We capped the day off with dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Tiberius, a new discovery with good reviews that exceeded our expectations, checking off every box - good food, good service, pleasant atmosphere, and very reasonable prices - Sin Chan (סין צ'אן). My only regret for that day is that I forgot to take any pictures ;-(

Last night, the final day of the marathon, included a co-worker's son's Bar Mitzva - very nice event, and as expected he gave a great speech with his own uniques perspective, throwing in a twist: how to learn the importance of this period in life - following the Bar Mitzva and before becoming fully independent - from the case of the rebellious son. And he also managed to sneak a twist into his son's speech that had us laughing. I then went into Jerusalem and spent a couple hours walking around and through the Old City, seeing light shows and hearing music - and considering the long day, and long week, I was quite pleased  I only began to run out of steam after 11:00 p.m. On the way out of the Old City we came across a couple interesting sites, a section of a Roman road, and an arch that served as an entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre - the arch was blocked off at some point and another arch was built overlaying part of it:

And now I'm off to go swimming. Shabbat shalom!